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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Parable.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. An-Mei's brother lost his happiness when _______________________________________-.
(a) His grandmother punished him for laughing
(b) His father watched him from a painting
(c) His grandmother began to die
(d) His abusive aunt told him about his mother

2. Suyuan Woo's husband leaves her to __________________________.
(a) Fight for the Chinese Army
(b) Make his way to Shanghai
(c) Get far from Kweilin
(d) Defect to Japan

3. Suyuan Woo packed all of her belongings into a _________________.
(a) A back pack
(b) Wheelbarrow
(c) Four wheeled cart
(d) A kimono sling

4. Popo says a girl who refused to listen to her elders ___________________________.
(a) Turned into an overrripe squash
(b) Shook her brains out of her ear
(c) Eventually poisoned herself
(d) Grew a large white melon in her stomach

5. The child's mother responds to the question about the twenty six gates, by _________________________________.
(a) Silently ignoring the child's question
(b) Dragging out an old Chinese book
(c) Writing the bad things on paper
(d) Holding and rocking the child

Short Answer Questions

1. An-Mei's mother is considered a "ghost" because _________________________________.

2. Between the child and mother there is a discernible sense of ______________________________.

3. Lindo was able to convince her in-laws to end her marriage by ______________________________.

4. An-Mei lives in the house owned by ___________________________.

5. The Hsus find that their Chinese relatives do not want American gifts, but prefer ____________.

(see the answer key)

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