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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sweeping Past.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the photographer find moving about the girls?
(a) Their innocence.
(b) How oblivious they are to the passing of time.
(c) Their embarrassment.
(d) Their faces.

2. Where does Ailin remember the photographer touching her?
(a) On the shoulder.
(b) On the chin.
(c) On the hip.
(d) On the back of her neck.

3. Why do some of Mrs. Tang's friends envy her?
(a) Her son is successful.
(b) She has freedom.
(c) Her hair is glossy.
(d) She has great wealth.

4. What does a good drink do according to Fei?
(a) Makes people seem more attractive.
(b) Makes bad food taste better.
(c) Wipes out all pain.
(d) Solves all of life's problems.

5. What saved Fei from losing his job?
(a) His family connections.
(b) He painted the best portrait of Mao.
(c) Admitting to the crime he was innocent of.
(d) He bribed the police.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the most eager to find a foreign life?

2. Which books does Mrs. Tang prefer?

3. What is like an old house on fire?

4. What surprises Mrs. Fan about divorce?

5. What is the girl's father not into?

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