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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Parable.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When she was bored, Jing-mei ________________________________.
(a) Watched her mother jump up to adjust the television
(b) Looked at herself in the mirro
(c) Read the Bible
(d) Counted the foghorn bellows on the bay

2. How did Ying-Ying end up in the water?
(a) She was frightened by firecrackers
(b) The little boys pushed her
(c) She tried to grab a swimming snake
(d) The Moon Lady drew her in

3. How did Lena's eating problem manifest itself?
(a) Her skin broke out like leprosy
(b) She became anorexic
(c) Her hatred consumed her
(d) Her mother's sack lunches made her sick

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

5. Lindo became aware of who she really was when ________________________________.
(a) She first saw Tyan-yu
(b) Concentrated on becoming pregnant
(c) She went to the river and slept
(d) She saw herself on her wedding day

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The woman's daughter speaks _______________________.

3. An-Mei Hsu grew up with ___________________________________.

4. The grandmother asks the baby to teach her mother how to lose innocence, without losing hope, and _________________________-.

5. The old woman's daughter swallowed this, more than sorrow.

(see the answer key)

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