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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does the President and his wife visit Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Burma in Chapter 21?
(a) February.
(b) April.
(c) March.
(d) May.

2. In Chapter 24, what game do Mei and Secretary Sun play with the Chairman and Midnight Chang?
(a) Mahjong.
(b) Chinese checkers.
(c) Wei Qi.
(d) Xiangqi.

3. In Chapter 18, when Mei steps on a balcony, what direction does she face so she cannot see the Forbidden City or the Lake Palaces?
(a) West.
(b) North.
(c) South.
(d) East.

4. How long does Bodyguard Wei say that last year the roads were clogged when a woman hanging laundry spotted the Chairman's sedan?
(a) 3 hours.
(b) 10 hours.
(c) 7 hours.
(d) 6 hours.

5. In Chapter 21, what does Bodyguard Wei find on the roof?
(a) Raccoons.
(b) Bats.
(c) Rats.
(d) Mice.

6. When Mei goes for a drive with Secretary Sun in Chapter 14, what is the name of the neighbor he points out?
(a) Grandfather Chang.
(b) Grandfather Pang.
(c) Grkandfather Liu.
(d) Grandfather Yang.

7. What color jade is the Chairman's chop that he uses to stamp his name on official documents?
(a) White.
(b) Black.
(c) Lavender.
(d) Green.

8. In Chapter 18, what does Mei find in her pants pocket when she gets dressed?
(a) Paper with the Chinese symbol for luck.
(b) Amulet.
(c) One of her mother's dowry beads.
(d) Coin.

9. In Chapter 24, what does Midnight Chang tell Mei happened to Teacher Fan?
(a) She tried to drown herself.
(b) She took pills.
(c) She jumped out a window.
(d) She slit her wrists.

10. How long has the doctor who examines Mei served the Chairman in Chapter 15?
(a) 12 years.
(b) More than a decade.
(c) 11 years.
(d) About 10 years.

11. In Chapter 20, about how old is the little girl Mei starts to tell a story at a village where the Chairman makes an unscheduled stop?
(a) 6.
(b) 7.
(c) 10.
(d) 3.

12. How far is the Defense Minister wintering from Shanghai in Chapter 21?
(a) An hour.
(b) 100 miles.
(c) 2 hours.
(d) 30 miles.

13. When was an American spy plane shot down over Hainan as Mei remembers in Chapter 19?
(a) 6 days ago.
(b) A month ago.
(c) A couple weeks ago.
(d) 3 days ago.

14. In Chapter 20, what month is it when the Chairman gives a bodyguard advise on how to win his love?
(a) November.
(b) February.
(c) December.
(d) January.

15. How many girls have arrived in Chapter 18 since Dolly Yu comitted suicide?
(a) 2.
(b) None.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Secretary Sun tell Mei has died in her family in Chapter 16?

2. In Chapter 22, how often do couriers arrive?

3. In Chapter 16, what does Mei remember her father and the headman argued about?

4. When the Chairman and Mei travel, how long do they stay in each place they visit?

5. In Chapter 14, how long has it been since Mei has left the Lake Palaces?

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