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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Ying-Ying St. Clair, "The Moon Lady".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The pregnant servant girl became convinced that she ____________________________.
(a) Had caused Lindo's infertility
(b) Was in love with Tyan-yu
(c) Was of imperial ancestry
(d) Was doomed to live in poverty

2. The old woman who buys a swan eventually _____________________________.
(a) Eats the swan to survive
(b) Takes the swan back to China
(c) Gives the swan to her daughter
(d) Takes the swan to America

3. The woman transported the swan ____________________________.
(a) From Hong Kong to Shanghai
(b) From Shanghai to Kweilin
(c) From Shanghai to America
(d) From New York to San Francisco

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

5. The symbolic burning of the Five Evils was actually ___________________________.
(a) A cooling ritual
(b) A box with Five Evils inside
(c) A green coil of burning incense
(d) A box containing insects

Short Answer Questions

1. Ying-Ying's family is __________________.

2. The Mah Jong tiles are arranged into ___________________.

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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