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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Grand Aunt establish her own bank?
(a) 1931.
(b) 1918.
(c) 1924.
(d) 1927.

2. When did Ciang Kai-shek resign as President of the Republic?
(a) February 12, 1949.
(b) January 21, 1949.
(c) March 18, 1949.
(d) April 6, 1949.

3. What is the date at the beginning of the book?
(a) May 19, 1988.
(b) June 30, 1988.
(c) March 24, 1988.
(d) April 15, 1988.

4. When did Adeline begin kindergarten?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1943.
(d) 1941.

5. When did the Red Army triumphantly enter Shanghai?
(a) July 3, 1949.
(b) May 25, 1949.
(c) June 12, 1949.
(d) August 18, 1949.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much of her salary did Aunt Baba give Ye Ye?

2. When did Gregory and Edgar leave Shanghai for Hong Kong and then England?

3. What time did Adeline and her siblings gather to hear the reading of their father's will?

4. How much money was Lydia given for her dowry?

5. How many siblings did Grand Aunt have?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did James get out of China in 1951?

2. Why did Niang and Father tell Lydia that she had to marry?

3. Why did Hwa Chong Hong leave Tianjin in 1926?

4. What did Father decide about Adeline's future after she won a play writing competition?

5. How did Gregory solve his cash-flow problems?

6. Why didn't Aunt Baba tell Grand Aunt the real reason why she wanted her old job back?

7. Why did Adeline fear Edgar the most?

8. Why was it unusual that Ye Ye would have to negotiate with Niang for their allowance?

9. Why did the other girls begin to overlook Adeline's poverty?

10. How did Adeline describe her grandfather Ye Ye in Chapter 1?

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