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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The characters in this parable are ______________________________.
(a) June Woo and her mother
(b) Not yet known to the reader
(c) Waverly and her mother
(d) Rose and her mother

3. Lindo disapproves of Waverly's mink because ___________________________.
(a) The individual hairs are uneven
(b) She does not believe in animal furs
(c) She thinks it is too extravagant
(d) She feels it is too cheap

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

5. Jing-Mei's paternal aunt and her father speak ____________________.
(a) English
(b) The Cantonese dialect
(c) Sechuan
(d) The Mandarin dialect

6. What the daughter sees in the mirror is _____________________.
(a) Her own face
(b) Her mother's face
(c) Her future granchild's face
(d) Her mother's face and her own

7. For dinner, Jing-mei and Canning share with his relatives ____________________________.
(a) Chicken wrapped in clay
(b) Hamburgers, fries and apple pie
(c) Peking duck and noodles
(d) Soup in a carved melon

8. The sisters in China were told their mother was dead by __________________.
(a) A phone call from Auntie An-Mei
(b) A telegram from Jing-Mei's father
(c) A letter from Auntie Lindo
(d) Jing-Mei

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

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

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

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

13. The grandmother imagines the baby in this parable to be ________________________.
(a) Buddah's granddaughter
(b) Empress of China
(c) Syi Wang Mu
(d) Hwai dungsyi

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Three days of sleeping may have given Rose _________________.

2. Why did Lena hate Arnold so much?

3. Lindo's oldest son, Winston, ___________________________.

4. Rich's reaction to his unintended insults toward Lindo was _________________________________________.

5. An-Mei finds that in Tientsin, she has a __________________.

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