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

2. Waverly's anger toward her mother is because ________________________.
(a) She is too strict
(b) She pushes her to play chess
(c) She is embarrassed
(d) She favors her sons

3. The Twenty Six Malignant Gates is about _____________________________________________.
(a) The diseases that are contagious and looming outside
(b) The dangers present when one travels on wheels
(c) The crime that lies beyond the gates
(d) The bad things that can happen outside the house's protection

4. Lindo was able to convince her in-laws to end her marriage by ______________________________.
(a) Crying and wailing
(b) Offering them all of her gold
(c) Playing into their superstitions
(d) Being infertile

5. Suyuan Woo's beautiful mah jong table was made of __________________.
(a) Rosewood
(b) Bamboo
(c) Teak
(d) Hong mu

Short Answer Questions

1. The child of this Chinese mother proves to be ______________________________.

2. The woman's feels her daughter __________________.

3. Lindo Jong's family treated her ________________________________.

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

5. Waverly's mother wanted Vincent's chess set _________________________.

(see the answer key)

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