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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Clifford St. Clair's gifts to Ying-Ying were ___________________________.
(a) Cheap compared to the wealth to which she is accustomed
(b) A reflection of his personality
(c) Ridiculous and tawdry
(d) Bought from local merchants

2. Rose Hu's confession that her marriage is ending prompts An-Mei to __________________________________-.
(a) Relive the memories of her childhood
(b) Beg Rose to not lose hope
(c) Compare her to her aunt
(d) Become depressed, as she was in childhood

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

4. Lena and Harold are both _________________.
(a) Realtors
(b) Architects
(c) Contractors
(d) Building designers

5. Why did Lena hate Arnold so much?
(a) He wanted to be her husband
(b) He was the cause of her eating problem
(c) He frightened her
(d) He was cruel to her

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

7. During the war, it was not well-known that the Japanese entered ________________________.
(a) Chungking
(b) Guanhzhou
(c) Kweilin
(d) Shanghai

8. Rose finds the imagery of Ted doing monkey business __________________.
(a) Unnerving
(b) Outrageous
(c) Disgusting
(d) Humorous

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

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

11. Waverly has an ignorant fear of Jing-mei's hairdresser _______________________________.
(a) Because he is reckless
(b) Because she fears for her daughter
(c) Because he works on Howard Street
(d) Because he is gay

12. Why did Lena feel she caused Arnold's death?
(a) Because she wounded him emotionally
(b) She ate all of her rice
(c) She compared him to lepers
(d) She intended for him to die

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

14. Waverly chooses the best crab on the platter for _______________________.
(a) Herself
(b) Her fiance, Rich
(c) June Woo
(d) Her daugher, Shoshanna

15. Lena is certain her mother is able to _________________________.
(a) See the future
(b) See all the bad things around her
(c) Read tea leaves
(d) Figure things out

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The grandmother wonders aloud whether ____________________________________________.

3. Jing-mei's job is that of a _____________________.

4. During an epidemic in Shanghai, Ying-Ying worked in ____________________.

5. The grandmother asks the baby to teach her mother how to lose innocence, without losing hope, and _________________________-.

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