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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 Mei is chosen in Chapter 1 to go to Beijing, how many days are there before she leaves?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

2. When does Secretary Sun arrive in Chapter 1?
(a) Late spring.
(b) Late summer.
(c) Early fall.
(d) Early summer.

3. What surname does every family share in Mei's village?
(a) Wang.
(b) Song.
(c) Zhang.
(d) Yang.

4. Where does Mei trace the Chairman's name into her skin with a pencil in Chapter 5?
(a) Right forearm.
(b) Wrist.
(c) Palm.
(d) Left forearm.

5. What clothes is Mei given to wear in Chapter 2?
(a) White blouse and navy skirt.
(b) White blouse and red skirt.
(c) White blouse and patterned skirt.
(d) White blouse and black skirt.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 13, how many weeks remain before Mei is to try to deceive the President?

2. In Chapter 1, how long has it been since Mei has had a bath?

3. In Chapter 12, how long has it been since Mei left the dance troupe?

4. When was Ya'an at the center of the revolution?

5. How many days is it before Mei's birthday in Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mei learn about the daughter of the Chairman and Madame?

2. What does Mei's mother do for her and give her before Mei lives for Beijing?

3. In Chapter 4, how does Mei help Midnight Chang?

4. In Chapter 7, what is to be Mei's job?

5. What connections does Midnight Chang have according to Secretary Sun?

6. What happens to those who leave the troupe?

7. In Chapter 8, what do the Chairman's quarters look like?

8. Why is writing with brush and ink difficult for Mei in Chapter 9?

9. How does Mei feel when she wears her first pair of high-heeled shoes in Chapter 3?

10. Where did the Chairman have a chance to study and learn how to build factories, and why did he not go?

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