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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Old Mr. Chou is ___________________________________.
(a) A neighbor who tends Rose's garden
(b) An old friend of An-Mei's
(c) A fantasy figure from the world of sleep
(d) A Chinese fortune teller

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. How did Lena's eating problem manifest itself?
(a) Her skin broke out like leprosy
(b) She became anorexic
(c) Her hatred consumed her
(d) Her mother's sack lunches made her sick

14. Rich Schields makes several mistakes at dinner, the worst being ___________________________________.
(a) He accidentally insults Lindo's cooking
(b) He drinks too much wine
(c) He spills food
(d) He brings wine to people who do not own wineglasses

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Lindo disapproves of Waverly's mink because ___________________________.

3. Lindo's mother told her as a child that _________________________________.

4. An-Mei's brother cannot come with their mother because _______________________________.

5. Why did Lena hate Arnold so much?

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