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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, An-Mei Hsu, "Scar".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the Mah Jong table, Suyuan Woo always sat _________________________-.
(a) Sideways on her chair
(b) Facing the east
(c) Straight and rigid
(d) Slumped in her chair

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

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

4. The winner of the American Mah Jong game takes home _________________________.
(a) Cash
(b) Stock certificates
(c) City savings bonds
(d) Leftover food

5. An army officer told Suyuan Woo _________________________________-.
(a) To hold on to her silk dresses
(b) That her babies will be fine
(c) To go to her husband in Chungking
(d) That the Japanese are losing the war

Short Answer Questions

1. The old woman's daughter swallowed this, more than sorrow.

2. The woman's feels her daughter __________________.

3. In Chinese culture, respect for one's ancestors is called ___________.

4. Popo says a girl who refused to listen to her elders ___________________________.

5. The event that clouds An-Mei's early memory of her mother was _________________________________________________.

(see the answer key)

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