View a FREE sample

This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 14, where does Cheuh-hsin tell his brothers he has seen Mei?
(a) At a department store.
(b) At a restaurant.
(c) At a silk shop.
(d) In the city square.

2. When does Chin mention her attending the boys' school to her mother?
(a) While riding home from dinner.
(b) While helping her mother get ready for bed.
(c) While cleaning the kitchen.
(d) While walking to the nearby temple.

3. Who seems to become nervous and quiet around Chin?
(a) Cheuh-min.
(b) Chien-yun.
(c) Cheuh-hsin.
(d) Chueh-hui.

4. According to Chapter 15, when was the last time the boys saw their cousin Mei?
(a) When she had her first child.
(b) At her wedding.
(c) Before she was married.
(d) At the New Years holiday festivities.

5. What type of stories do the sedan chair drivers tell Chueh-hui?
(a) Stories about morals.
(b) Stories about injustice.
(c) Stories about religion.
(d) Stories about heroes.

6. How does Cheuh-hui feel about the boys shooting fireworks at the dancers?
(a) He really does not care.
(b) He thinks that it is nice of them.
(c) He thinks it is funny.
(d) He thinks it is disgusting.

7. What is Chueh-hsin's hope for his son?
(a) That he will refuse to follow traditions.
(b) That will carry out Chueh-hsin's thwarted dreams.
(c) That he will enter the army.
(d) That he will love his wife as Chueh-hsin does.

8. Why has been Cheuh-hsin been drinking so much in Chapter 14?
(a) Because it is part of his job.
(b) Because he is so happy.
(c) Because he is miserable.
(d) Because it is the holidays.

9. In Chapter 11, what does Jui-cheuh say she is embroidering for her husband?
(a) A picture for their home.
(b) A runner for their canopy bed.
(c) A quilt.
(d) A pillow with her family's name on it.

10. Chueh-hui wonders if who can marry Ming-Feng?
(a) Himself.
(b) Ke-ting.
(c) Chueh-min.
(d) Cheuh-hsin.

11. How old is Chueh-hsin when he finds out his father has arranged his marriage?
(a) Seventeen.
(b) Eighteen.
(c) Nineteen.
(d) Twenty.

12. What seems to symbolize aristocracy to Chueh-hui?
(a) The Kao compound.
(b) The sedan chairs.
(c) The old traditions of his father.
(d) Working.

13. Who helps with making the fireworks?
(a) The sedan drivers.
(b) Master Kao.
(c) Ming-feng and the other servants.
(d) Yeh yeh.

14. What do we learn about Chin's father in Chapter 5?
(a) That he is dead.
(b) That he is off at war.
(c) That he is very ill.
(d) That he abandoned his family when Chin was very young.

15. From what family is Chueh-hsin's wife?
(a) The Fa family.
(b) The Wong family.
(c) The Cheung family.
(d) The Li family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What subject does Chueh-hsin expect to go study at university?

2. What word best describes Chin's relationship with her mother?

3. At the beginning of the book, why does Cheuh-hui stay to talk to the servant girl?

4. Who tutors some of Chin's relatives?

5. How has Chueh-hui been feeling during the New Years holiday?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 484 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample