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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. Jeing-mei learns that her mother's lost babies ______________________________________.
(a) Died while searching for her lost babies
(b) Wished she had not raised her in America
(c) Died a very poor woman
(d) Have been found alive and well

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

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

4. The Mah Jong tiles are arranged into ___________________.
(a) Three stacks
(b) Four columns
(c) Four walls
(d) Three piles

5. The woman's daughter speaks _______________________.
(a) Only English
(b) Only Chinese
(c) A combination of foreign languages
(d) An unfamiliar dialect

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. The woman intends to learn in America how to __________________________________.

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

5. The old woman wants to use perfect English to explain ________________________________.

(see the answer key)

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