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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Popo says a girl who refused to listen to her elders ___________________________.
(a) Eventually poisoned herself
(b) Grew a large white melon in her stomach
(c) Turned into an overrripe squash
(d) Shook her brains out of her ear

2. How was Ying-Ying rescued from the water?
(a) A snake held her above water
(b) She was pulled ashore by brigands
(c) Fishermen pulled her up in their net
(d) She swam to a fishing boat

3. Lena's paranoia is increased by ___________________________________________.
(a) Someone on the fire escape
(b) The sound of fighting in surrounding apartments
(c) The sounds of traffic and dogs outside
(d) Sirens screaming up and down the hill

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

5. An army officer told Suyuan Woo _________________________________-.
(a) That her babies will be fine
(b) To hold on to her silk dresses
(c) To go to her husband in Chungking
(d) That the Japanese are losing the war

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

7. The symbolic burning of the Five Evils was actually ___________________________.
(a) A box with Five Evils inside
(b) A green coil of burning incense
(c) A cooling ritual
(d) A box containing insects

8. The old woman who buys a swan eventually _____________________________.
(a) Gives the swan to her daughter
(b) Eats the swan to survive
(c) Takes the swan to America
(d) Takes the swan back to China

9. Lena's great grandfather probably died from _____________________.
(a) Influenza
(b) Being drowned
(c) Guilt and remorse
(d) Being murdered

10. The child of this Chinese mother proves to be ______________________________.
(a) Happy and rambunctious
(b) Happy to stay where t is safe
(c) Slightly slow
(d) Strong willed and disrespectful

11. Lindo Jong is promised in marriage when she _________________________.
(a) Is old enough to consent
(b) Is two-years-old
(c) Is twelve-years-old
(d) Reaches adolescence

12. The clothes Ying-Ying wears for the Moon Festival are ________________________.
(a) Five Evil clothes
(b) Tiger clothes
(c) Ritual clothes
(d) Festival clothes

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

14. The swan represents to the old woman ____________________________.
(a) Freedom and a new life
(b) Flight to a new land
(c) All of her treasures and values
(d) The beauty of nature

15. Rose's mother, in exchange for Bing, gave to the ocean _____________________.
(a) A sapphire ring
(b) A bamboo pole
(c) Her bible
(d) Her teacup

Short Answer Questions

1. The Twenty Six Malignant Gates is about _____________________________________________.

2. A man on the street leers and acts threatening to Lena's mother. Her mother feels this happened because ______________________________.

3. The mother's fear for her child is that _______________________________________.

4. What was Ying-Ying feeling at the end of the Moon Lady play?

5. Rose is afraid to tell her mother about her divorce because _______________________________________.

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