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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Rose Hsu Jordan, "Half and Half".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Ying-Ying's rescuers determine she was not a beggar?
(a) She was pale with soft feet
(b) She had on embroidered clothing
(c) She did not speak but could only cry
(d) Her manners were polished

2. The mother's superstitions may have been confirmed when ___________________________.
(a) The child's bike was broken
(b) The child fell from the bike
(c) The two argued about the dangers
(d) The child made it around the corner

3. Filling out so many forms at customs, the woman _________________________________________.
(a) Accidentally left the swan aboard the ship
(b) Forgot why she had come and what she left behind
(c) Forgot where she was and became confused
(d) Forgot to take the swan with her

4. The Hsu family went to beach so that Rose's father could __________________________.
(a) Sunbathe
(b) Spend time with his wife
(c) Play with his children
(d) Fish in the ocean

5. Lena St. Clair's mother appears to be _______________________.
(a) Mentally ill
(b) Sentimental
(c) Happy to be a mother
(d) Afraid of Lena

Short Answer Questions

1. The swan represents to the old woman ____________________________.

2. The old woman who buys a swan eventually _____________________________.

3. Waverly replaces the missing chess pieces with _____________________.

4. The Mah Jong tiles are arranged into ___________________.

5. Between the child and mother there is a discernible sense of ______________________________.

(see the answer key)

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