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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ying-Ying thinks that if she cuts her spirit loose, ______________________________________.
(a) Her pain will will meld and become one with her daughter's
(b) She will atone for her daughter's sins
(c) Her tiger nature will enter her daughter
(d) Her mistakes will all be forgiven

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

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

4. How did Lena's eating problem manifest itself?
(a) Her hatred consumed her
(b) Her skin broke out like leprosy
(c) Her mother's sack lunches made her sick
(d) She became anorexic

5. In Peking, Lindo paid a Chinese girl to ____________________________.
(a) Teach her Chinese embroidery
(b) Show her how to be an American
(c) Teach her how to be a mother
(d) Show her how to be a better Chinese wife

6. Canning Woo's nickname, Syau Yen, means __________________.
(a) Small fox
(b) Little Wild Goose
(c) Little ghost
(d) Happy boy

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

8. Jing-Mei Woo travels to China with ____________________-.
(a) Her father
(b) Her aunties
(c) Her sisters
(d) Her children

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

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

11. This daughter is tired of her mother's habit of ______________________________.
(a) Warning her about her marriage
(b) Projecting her negativity outward
(c) Trying to fix everything
(d) Seeing bad omens in everything

12. Ying-Ying's name means _____________________.
(a) Flying Tiger
(b) Clear Reflection
(c) Quiet Spirit
(d) Timid Bird

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

14. At lunch together, Waverly's mother _____________________________________.
(a) Criticizes everything about the restaurant and food
(b) Is concerned about her heart
(c) Criticizes Waverly's choice of friends
(d) Is nervous and skittery

15. An-Mei's mother was not always a fourth wife, but was once a _______________________.
(a) Second wife of a villager
(b) First wife of a poor servant
(c) Model in Tientsin
(d) First wife of a scholar

Short Answer Questions

1. Clifford St. Clair's gifts to Ying-Ying were ___________________________.

2. Lindo is disappointed that she could not __________________________________.

3. Ying-Ying feels that her daughter's home _________________________.

4. What the daughter sees in the mirror is _____________________.

5. Jing-Mei's paternal aunt and her father speak ____________________.

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