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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 scholar
(d) First wife of a poor servant

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

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

5. Suyuan Woo compares Waverly to a crab, saying she _________________________________________.
(a) She is missing something, like the crab's leg
(b) Is always moving sideways and crooked
(c) She is without feelings, like the crab
(d) Her claws are sharp but slow, like the crab

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. Rich's reaction to his unintended insults toward Lindo was _________________________________________.
(a) He never realized he had done anything wrong
(b) He thinks they do not like him
(c) He admitted his bleak failure
(d) He was loyal to Waverly

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For dinner, Jing-mei and Canning share with his relatives ____________________________.

3. Waverly chooses the best crab on the platter for _______________________.

4. At lunch together, Waverly's mother _____________________________________.

5. Rich Schields makes several mistakes at dinner, the worst being ___________________________________.

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