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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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

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

5. 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

6. Jing-mei's job is that of a _____________________.
(a) Copywriter
(b) Architect
(c) Accountant
(d) Tax attorney

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

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

9. 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

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

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

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

13. The pastor, Wing, was a __________________________-.
(a) A childhood friend of Ted's
(b) A longtime friend of Rose's mother
(c) A convicted criminal
(d) Childhood friend of Rose's brother

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

15. Lindo is disappointed that she could not __________________________________.
(a) Get her daughter to give up American ways
(b) Teach her daughter how to better speak Chinese
(c) Instill Chinese character in her daughter
(d) Teach her daughter to do things the easy way

Short Answer Questions

1. The grandmother asks the baby to teach her mother how to lose innocence, without losing hope, and _________________________-.

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

3. An-Mei's mother was not always a fourth wife, but was once a _______________________.

4. In the mirror, the mother sees ______________________________.

5. Why will a second mirror help the daughter?

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