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

2. Who lectures Cheuh-hui about his behavior in Chapter 9?
(a) His grandfather.
(b) His father.
(c) His older brother.
(d) His mother.

3. What does Chueh-hui learn when playing chess with his sister-in-law?
(a) That she is pregnant with her second child.
(b) That she lost some things too when she married Chueh-hsin.
(c) That she is miserable at the Kao home.
(d) That she is a master chess player.

4. What fear does Ming-Feng have?
(a) That she will not have children.
(b) She will never have a home of her own.
(c) That she will die young.
(d) She will not have servants of her own someday.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jui-cheuh trying to do by inviting Chueh-hui to play chess with her?

2. What do we learn about Chin's father in Chapter 5?

3. Which of the following is one thing that the brothers have in common?

4. Which word does not adequately describe Chueh-hsin?

5. How does most of the Kao family treat servants and those of a lower class?

Short Essay Questions

1. Please describe Chin and her mother's relationship.

2. What is the occurrence with Chueh-hui and the begger boy?

3. How is Mei when her cousins first see her in Chapter 15?

4. How does Mrs. Chang feel about Chin wanting to go to a boys' school?

5. How does Chueh-hui vent his frustrations while under his house arrest?

6. What news does a classmate tell Chueh-hui as he is leaving his brother's office?

7. What does Chueh-hsin share with his brothers about the night their father died?

8. How does Chueh-hsin feel about his arranged marriage and his new wife?

9. How does Chueh-hui spend his house arrest?

10. What is the setting of Chapter 1?

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