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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Ying-Ying, or Betty, is consumed with ______________.
(a) Anger
(b) Fear
(c) Jealousy
(d) Hunger

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

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

5. Lindo was forced to live with her future in-laws because ______________________________________.
(a) Her dowry had gotten large enough
(b) A flood wiped our her family's home
(c) She was too old to stay at home
(d) Her family disowned her

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

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

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

9. In order to promote her fertility, Lindo was given ________________________.
(a) Strong backrubs
(b) Scissors and sewing needles
(c) Gold and jewelry
(d) Polished dowry furniture

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

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

12. How did Ying-Ying's rescuers determine she was not a beggar?
(a) She had on embroidered clothing
(b) She was pale with soft feet
(c) She did not speak but could only cry
(d) Her manners were polished

13. Which kind of daughter did Jing-mei's mother want?
(a) Obedient
(b) Rebellious
(c) Free spirited
(d) Focused

14. Rose is afraid to tell her mother about her divorce because _______________________________________.
(a) She does not want to confuse her
(b) She knows her mother will want her to fix the marriage
(c) She knows her mother will disown her
(d) Her mother warned her not to get married

15. The mother appears certain that _________________________.
(a) The child will be obedient
(b) The child will respect her wishes
(c) The child will be captured
(d) The child will fall

Short Answer Questions

1. The woman transported the swan ____________________________.

2. Jeing-mei learns that her mother's lost babies ______________________________________.

3. The mother's superstitions may have been confirmed when ___________________________.

4. Rose's mother admitted to God that _______________________.

5. The woman's daughter speaks _______________________.

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