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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Canning Woo's nickname, Syau Yen, means __________________.
(a) Small fox
(b) Little ghost
(c) Little Wild Goose
(d) Happy boy
2. Jing-mei's job is that of a _____________________.
(a) Accountant
(b) Architect
(c) Tax attorney
(d) Copywriter
3. During the war, it was not well-known that the Japanese entered ________________________.
(a) Shanghai
(b) Guanhzhou
(c) Kweilin
(d) Chungking
4. Rose being "without wood" symbolizes ________________________.
(a) Her lack of furniture
(b) Her weak nature
(c) Her
(d) Her lack of a home
5. At lunch together, Waverly's mother _____________________________________.
(a) Criticizes everything about the restaurant and food
(b) Is concerned about her heart
(c) Is nervous and skittery
(d) Criticizes Waverly's choice of friends
6. Clifford St. Clair's gifts to Ying-Ying were ___________________________.
(a) A reflection of his personality
(b) Bought from local merchants
(c) Ridiculous and tawdry
(d) Cheap compared to the wealth to which she is accustomed
7. Rich's reaction to his unintended insults toward Lindo was _________________________________________.
(a) He admitted his bleak failure
(b) He thinks they do not like him
(c) He never realized he had done anything wrong
(d) He was loyal to Waverly
8. Rose finds the imagery of Ted doing monkey business __________________.
(a) Humorous
(b) Disgusting
(c) Unnerving
(d) Outrageous
9. The grandmother wonders aloud whether ____________________________________________.
(a) The baby has come from a royal place with Buddha
(b) She sees negative things in others because she has them herself
(c) She is truly innocent or holds many secrets inside
(d) The baby is laughing at her or with her
10. The characters in this parable are ______________________________.
(a) Not yet known to the reader
(b) June Woo and her mother
(c) Waverly and her mother
(d) Rose and her mother
11. Jing-Mei's paternal aunt and her father speak ____________________.
(a) English
(b) Sechuan
(c) The Mandarin dialect
(d) The Cantonese dialect
12. Lena is certain her mother is able to _________________________.
(a) See all the bad things around her
(b) Figure things out
(c) Read tea leaves
(d) See the future
13. An-Mei finds that in Tientsin, she has a __________________.
(a) Cousins
(b) New mother
(c) Brother
(d) New husband
14. Suyuan Woo compares Waverly to a crab, saying she _________________________________________.
(a) She is missing something, like the crab's leg
(b) Is always moving sideways and crooked
(c) Her claws are sharp but slow, like the crab
(d) She is without feelings, like the crab
15. The pastor, Wing, was a __________________________-.
(a) A longtime friend of Rose's mother
(b) A childhood friend of Ted's
(c) A convicted criminal
(d) Childhood friend of Rose's brother
Short Answer Questions
1. Ying-Ying's name means _____________________.
2. Suyuan Woo feels that by wearing the jade pendant, Jing-mei will _____________________________.
3. Waverly chooses the best crab on the platter for _______________________.
4. Ying-Ying feels that her daughter's home _________________________.
5. Lindo is disappointed that she could not __________________________________.
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