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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. An-Mei's brother cannot come with their mother because _______________________________.
(a) His aunt and uncle forbid it
(b) She has not invited him to follow her
(c) He would lose any hope for a future
(d) Boys must stay home to care for their aunts

5. An-Mei's mother makes life in Tientsin sound __________________________________.
(a) A dangerous tourist town
(b) A city filled with foreigners
(c) Frightening and mysterious
(d) Abundant and exciting

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

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

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

9. Lindo's oldest son, Winston, ___________________________.
(a) Went to college and became a doctor
(b) Died in a car accident at sixteen
(c) Went away to school
(d) Is a Chinese Baptist

10. 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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Ying-Ying's name means _____________________.

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

4. In Peking, Lindo paid a Chinese girl to ____________________________.

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

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