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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Hsu family went to beach so that Rose's father could __________________________.
(a) Spend time with his wife
(b) Sunbathe
(c) Play with his children
(d) Fish in the ocean

2. At the Mah Jong table, Suyuan Woo always sat _________________________-.
(a) Sideways on her chair
(b) Slumped in her chair
(c) Facing the east
(d) Straight and rigid

3. An-Mei's mother left her behind in order to _____________________________________________.
(a) Let her have a life with her younger brother
(b) Save her from her new husband's disregard
(c) Save An-Mei from her own humiliated station in life
(d) Have her raised by a woman who was more stable

4. Besides losing her name, Lena's mother lost ________________________.
(a) Her entire dowry
(b) Her friends
(c) Her status in China
(d) Her entire heritage

5. In addition to strategy, Waverly learns the finer points of ___________________________.
(a) Being humble around men
(b) Choosing presents wisely
(c) Chess etiquette
(d) Choosing her adversaries

6. Rose was surprised that her mother had ___________________________.
(a) Given up on finding Bing
(b) Left her father behind
(c) Learned how to drive
(d) Taken her bible on the search

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

8. As national chess champion, Waverly is touted as __________________________.
(a) The funeral parlor's mascot
(b) The Great American Hope
(c) A poor child from Chinatown
(d) Bobby Fischer's best friend

9. The woman's plans for the swan involve _________________________________.
(a) Keeping it in America as a sacred pet
(b) Keeping it alive for good luck
(c) Giving the swan to her daughter
(d) Feasting on it when she reaches America

10. Rose's mother admitted to God that _______________________.
(a) Rose had not taught Bing manners
(b) Their was an ancestral debt
(c) She had sacred powers
(d) They had been careless

11. A man on the street leers and acts threatening to Lena's mother. Her mother feels this happened because ______________________________.
(a) Her life was out of balance
(b) She had her daughter with her
(c) She was pregnant
(d) She had dressed up too much

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Very few guests attended Lindo's wedding because _______________________________.

2. The old woman wants to use perfect English to explain ________________________________.

3. Waverly replaces the missing chess pieces with _____________________.

4. Lindo Jong is promised in marriage when she _________________________.

5. The woman intends to learn in America how to __________________________________.

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