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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Rose realizes that fate is shaped half by expectation, and _________________________.
(a) Half by pride
(b) Half by negative thinking
(c) Half by inattention
(d) Half by the gods

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

3. Waverly's mother wanted Vincent's chess set _________________________.
(a) To have the missing pieces restored
(b) To be replaced with a new one
(c) To be thrown away
(d) To be returned to its owner

4. An-Mei Hsu grew up with ___________________________________.
(a) Her father and her little brother
(b) Her auntie and uncle
(c) Her mother and father
(d) Her grandmother and her little brother

5. Suyuan Woo packed all of her belongings into a _________________.
(a) A kimono sling
(b) Four wheeled cart
(c) A back pack
(d) Wheelbarrow

6. The pregnant servant girl became convinced that she ____________________________.
(a) Had caused Lindo's infertility
(b) Was in love with Tyan-yu
(c) Was doomed to live in poverty
(d) Was of imperial ancestry

7. Jing-mei's mother ______________________________.
(a) Got rid of the piano music
(b) Sold the piano
(c) Gave the piano back to Jing-Mei
(d) Had the piano tuned

8. Jing-mei's piano recital was ___________________.
(a) Disastrous
(b) Sweeping
(c) A triumph
(d) Brilliant

9. Mah Jong is __________________.
(a) Fortune telling
(b) A word game
(c) A poker game
(d) A board game

10. Between the child and mother there is a discernible sense of ______________________________.
(a) Strong communication
(b) Bonding between them
(c) Love and affection
(d) Disappointment and anger

11. 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

12. The token saved from the swan carries with it ________________________________.
(a) A promise that she would learn English
(b) A fortune in memories
(c) All the woman's good intentions
(d) All the luck the woman did not have in China

13. Rose's mother recorded Bing's death _______________________.
(a) With disappearing ink
(b) With a flowery inscription
(c) With an erasable pencil
(d) By hiding the Bible

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

15. Tyan-Yu was _____________________________.
(a) Like a small child who never grew up
(b) Much like a brave Chinese warrior
(c) An overbearing brute of a husband
(d) A sex addict

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chinese culture, respect for one's ancestors is called ___________.

2. When she was bored, Jing-mei ________________________________.

3. "Popo" is An-Mei's ________________________.

4. Filling out so many forms at customs, the woman _________________________________________.

5. Waverly's mother pretending to understand chess is ____________________________.

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