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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Jing-Mei Woo, "Best Quality".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Jing Mei is afraid that if she does not find the prodigy in herself she will _________________________-.
(a) Not be able to compete with her cousin
(b) Not learn to play chess
(c) Not quite measure up
(d) Always be nothing

2. Jing-mei shocked the anger out of her mother by _______________________________________.
(a) Making reference to the dead twins
(b) Telling her she wished she were not her mother
(c) Telling her she was no genius
(d) Refusing to practice on the piano

3. Amah is Ying-Ying's ___________.
(a) Sister
(b) Aunt
(c) Nursemaid
(d) Mother

4. How did Ying-Ying end up in the water?
(a) She was frightened by firecrackers
(b) The little boys pushed her
(c) She tried to grab a swimming snake
(d) The Moon Lady drew her in

5. How did Jing-mei justify her defiance of her mother?
(a) They are in America, not China
(b) Her mother had left her babies
(c) Obedience does not make talent
(d) She knows her mother is wrong

Short Answer Questions

1. Suyuan Woo compares Waverly to a crab, saying she _________________________________________.

2. Ying-Ying feels that both she and her grown daughter are ______________.

3. When Ying-Ying got dirty with turtle blood, Amah was afraid Ying-Ying's mother would _______________________________.

4. Suyuan Woo feels that by wearing the jade pendant, Jing-mei will _____________________________.

5. Ying-Ying's family is __________________.

(see the answer key)

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