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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. Lindo Jong's family treated her ________________________________.
(a) Like an orphan they cared for
(b) As though she were a ghost
(c) As though she was an unwanted child
(d) As though she belonged to someone else

2. An-Mei's mother shows up ___________________________.
(a) To challenge An-Mei's aunt
(b) To reconcile with her children
(c) To retrieve An-Mei and her brother
(d) To help her mother in her illness

3. An-Mei's mother left her behind in order to _____________________________________________.
(a) Save her from her new husband's disregard
(b) Have her raised by a woman who was more stable
(c) Save An-Mei from her own humiliated station in life
(d) Let her have a life with her younger brother

4. "Popo" is An-Mei's ________________________.
(a) Best friend
(b) Governess
(c) Maternal grandmother
(d) Auntie

5. Auntie had a tongue "like hungry scissors _________________________.
(a) eating silk cloth."
(b) cutting a colorless winter melon."
(c) tearing at the heart."
(d) cutting my confidence."

Short Answer Questions

1. Lindo became aware of who she really was when ________________________________.

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

3. The woman's plans for the swan involve _________________________________.

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

5. The woman's daughter speaks _______________________.

(see the answer key)

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