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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, An-Mei Hsu, "Magpies".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the jade pendant symbolize?
(a) We do not know
(b) Three pears
(c) Fertility
(d) Pomegranates

2. When she was bored, Jing-mei ________________________________.
(a) Looked at herself in the mirro
(b) Counted the foghorn bellows on the bay
(c) Read the Bible
(d) Watched her mother jump up to adjust the television

3. The Hsus find that their Chinese relatives do not want American gifts, but prefer ____________.
(a) Picnics with the family
(b) Money
(c) Elegant luncheons
(d) Days in the mountains

4. Rose was surprised that her mother had ___________________________.
(a) Taken her bible on the search
(b) Left her father behind
(c) Given up on finding Bing
(d) Learned how to drive

5. How did Lena learn that a new baby was coming?
(a) A used crib showed up in her bedroom
(b) Her aunt and uncle told her
(c) Her mother sat down and explained it to her
(d) Her father shared the news with her

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Ying-Ying's unspoken wish?

2. Rose realizes that fate is shaped half by expectation, and _________________________.

3. The winner of the American Mah Jong game takes home _________________________.

4. How did Lena's eating problem manifest itself?

5. Waverly Jong's mother taught her early about ____________________________.

(see the answer key)

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