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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Throughout the discussion between the mother and child, the mother continues to _______________.
(a) Read
(b) Knit
(c) Cook
(d) Rock in her chair

2. When Ying-Ying got dirty with turtle blood, Amah was afraid Ying-Ying's mother would _______________________________.
(a) Banish them both to Kunming
(b) Split them up
(c) Send them to Shang Hai
(d) Banish them from the village

3. Waverly was named after ____________________________.
(a) The local pastry bakery
(b) The street where she lived
(c) The local department store
(d) The boat her family came to America in

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

5. Jing-mei, tired of being pushed by her mother, develops _______________________.
(a) A loud voice
(b) A rebellious spirit
(c) Her relationship with Waverly
(d) Her talent as a pianist

6. Suyuan Woo hoped her daughter _________________________________.
(a) Would not be like Waverly Jong
(b) Would grow up to be like her
(c) Would grow up to be a tax attorney
(d) Had a talent for playing piano

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

8. Waverly's mother pretending to understand chess is ____________________________.
(a) Her way of appearing bright to the neighbors
(b) Endearing to Waverly
(c) Her way of bonding with her daughter
(d) Annoying to Waverly

9. Jing-mei shocked the anger out of her mother by _______________________________________.
(a) Telling her she wished she were not her mother
(b) Telling her she was no genius
(c) Refusing to practice on the piano
(d) Making reference to the dead twins

10. The child in this parable is __________________.
(a) A ten-year-old girl
(b) A seven-year-old boy
(c) A teenager
(d) Seven-years-old

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

12. The mother's fear for her child is that _______________________________________.
(a) The child will be kidnapped by strangers
(b) The child will be struck by an automobile
(c) The child will become lost
(d) The child will fall down and she will not hear her cry

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

14. The old woman's daughter swallowed this, more than sorrow.
(a) Humiliation
(b) Green tea
(c) Coca-Cola
(d) Coffee

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When she immigrated,what did Lena's father rename Ying-Ying?

2. Lena's family moves up in status by moving _____________________________.

3. Lindo's mother-in-law _______________________________.

4. An-Mei's brother lost his happiness when _______________________________________-.

5. The token saved from the swan carries with it ________________________________.

(see the answer keys)

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