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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ted makes the assumption that ______________________-.
(a) Rose will be disagreeable
(b) He will get the house
(c) He will have to pay alimony
(d) Rose wants the divorce

2. Jing-mei's job is that of a _____________________.
(a) Architect
(b) Accountant
(c) Copywriter
(d) Tax attorney

3. An-Mei's brother cannot come with their mother because _______________________________.
(a) He would lose any hope for a future
(b) His aunt and uncle forbid it
(c) She has not invited him to follow her
(d) Boys must stay home to care for their aunts

4. Waverly had to become ill before her mother would _____________________________-.
(a) Feed her again
(b) Forbid her to play
(c) Speak to her again
(d) Encourage her to play

5. Ying-Ying feels that aborting her baby was ______________________.
(a) A mortal sin
(b) A weak moment
(c) An act of strength
(d) An immature act

6. Lindo is disappointed that she could not __________________________________.
(a) Teach her daughter to do things the easy way
(b) Get her daughter to give up American ways
(c) Teach her daughter how to better speak Chinese
(d) Instill Chinese character in her daughter

7. In the mirror, the mother sees ______________________________.
(a) Her daughter and husband happy
(b) Her future grandchild on her lap
(c) Her future grandchild's face
(d) A new armoire

8. The vase that breaks in the bedroom symbolizes _____________________________.
(a) Lena's mother's prophecy
(b) Harold's insensitivity
(c) Lena and Harold's marriage
(d) The separation of two halves

9. Rose being "without wood" symbolizes ________________________.
(a) Her weak nature
(b) Her
(c) Her lack of furniture
(d) Her lack of a home

10. Lindo knows that Chinese people will know that her daughter ___________________.
(a) Is well-to-do
(b) Is a good wife
(c) Is not Chinese
(d) Is highly educated

11. What does the jade pendant symbolize?
(a) We do not know
(b) Fertility
(c) Pomegranates
(d) Three pears

12. Suyuan Woo feels that by wearing the jade pendant, Jing-mei will _____________________________.
(a) Have stronger self-esteem
(b) Understand her life's importance
(c) Be a good daughter
(d) Find a good relationship

13. Lindo is ashamed that Waverly _________________________.
(a) Does not like her purple tinted hair
(b) Is not proud of her
(c) Looks so much like her
(d) Thinks she needs to have her hair done

14. Lindo's mother told her as a child that _________________________________.
(a) She would grow up to be unfortunate
(b) She would follow her nose to good luck
(c) She would marry well
(d) She would later learn to worry and lose her hair

15. What is the supposed effect of a mirror at the foot of the bed?
(a) It is bad luck to be able to see your partner while in bed
(b) Marriage happiness will bounce back
(c) The mirror will reflect the wrong way
(d) Things in the marriage will turn backward

Short Answer Questions

1. This daughter is tired of her mother's habit of ______________________________.

2. An-Mei's mother makes life in Tientsin sound __________________________________.

3. Lena and Harold are both _________________.

4. During the war, it was not well-known that the Japanese entered ________________________.

5. The grandmother wonders aloud whether ____________________________________________.

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