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

2. When Ying-Ying got dirty with turtle blood, Amah was afraid Ying-Ying's mother would _______________________________.
(a) Banish them from the village
(b) Send them to Shang Hai
(c) Split them up
(d) Banish them both to Kunming

3. What did Jing Mei guess was the capital of Finland?
(a) Sacramento
(b) New York
(c) London
(d) Nairobi

4. How was Ying-Ying rescued from the water?
(a) She swam to a fishing boat
(b) Fishermen pulled her up in their net
(c) A snake held her above water
(d) She was pulled ashore by brigands

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Ying-Ying's family is __________________.

2. Jing-mei's piano teacher is ________________________.

3. How did Ying-Ying's rescuers determine she was not a beggar?

4. The symbolic burning of the Five Evils was actually ___________________________.

5. Which kind of daughter did Jing-mei's mother want?

(see the answer key)

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