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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. An-Mei finds that in Tientsin, she has a __________________.
(a) New mother
(b) Cousins
(c) Brother
(d) New husband

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

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

8. The grandmother admits that she ______________________________-.
(a) Taught her daughter to be free
(b) Taught her daughter to be suspicious
(c) Taught her daughter to shed her innocence
(d) Knows she will live forever

9. During an epidemic in Shanghai, Ying-Ying worked in ____________________.
(a) The farmers' market
(b) A local hospital
(c) A clothing store
(d) Her relatives' home

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

11. Waverly gives up chess for good because she ________________________________-.
(a) Begins to lose tournaments
(b) No longer believes she has a gift
(c) Is tired of dealing with her mother
(d) Lost track of her strategy

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

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

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

15. Why will a second mirror help the daughter?
(a) Another mirror will scare away bad energy
(b) Bad omens dissolve between the two
(c) The two mirrors will multiply luck
(d) Two mirrors balance the emotions

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The pastor, Wing, was a __________________________-.

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

4. The grandmother wonders if the child is laughing because __________________________________.

5. Canning Woo's nickname, Syau Yen, means __________________.

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