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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 told her a story of a tear-eating __________________.
(a) Popo
(b) Little pond
(c) Turtle
(d) Bird of joy
2. Rose finds the imagery of Ted doing monkey business __________________.
(a) Humorous
(b) Disgusting
(c) Unnerving
(d) Outrageous
3. In Peking, Lindo paid a Chinese girl to ____________________________.
(a) Teach her Chinese embroidery
(b) Teach her how to be a mother
(c) Show her how to be a better Chinese wife
(d) Show her how to be an American
4. 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
5. Ying-Ying feels that her daughter's home _________________________.
(a) Is boring and dull
(b) Is too fancy
(c) Has no life in it
(d) Is cold and unfriendly
6. Rose being "without wood" symbolizes ________________________.
(a) Her lack of furniture
(b) Her lack of a home
(c) Her weak nature
(d) Her
7. The pastor, Wing, was a __________________________-.
(a) A longtime friend of Rose's mother
(b) A childhood friend of Ted's
(c) A convicted criminal
(d) Childhood friend of Rose's brother
8. Jing-Mei's paternal aunt and her father speak ____________________.
(a) The Cantonese dialect
(b) English
(c) The Mandarin dialect
(d) Sechuan
9. The vase that breaks in the bedroom symbolizes _____________________________.
(a) Harold's insensitivity
(b) Lena and Harold's marriage
(c) Lena's mother's prophecy
(d) The separation of two halves
10. Waverly has an ignorant fear of Jing-mei's hairdresser _______________________________.
(a) Because he is gay
(b) Because he works on Howard Street
(c) Because he is reckless
(d) Because she fears for her daughter
11. The sisters in China were told their mother was dead by __________________.
(a) A letter from Auntie Lindo
(b) A phone call from Auntie An-Mei
(c) Jing-Mei
(d) A telegram from Jing-Mei's father
12. The grandmother asks the baby to teach her mother how to lose innocence, without losing hope, and _________________________-.
(a) How to be Queen of the Western Skis
(b) How to laugh forever
(c) How to be a good mother
(d) How to forgive everyone
13. The characters in this parable are ______________________________.
(a) Not yet known to the reader
(b) Rose and her mother
(c) Waverly and her mother
(d) June Woo and her mother
14. An-Mei finds that in Tientsin, she has a __________________.
(a) New mother
(b) Brother
(c) New husband
(d) Cousins
15. What the daughter sees in the mirror is _____________________.
(a) Her mother's face
(b) Her own face
(c) Her future granchild's face
(d) Her mother's face and her own
Short Answer Questions
1. In the mirror, the mother sees ______________________________.
2. For dinner, Jing-mei and Canning share with his relatives ____________________________.
3. Jing-mei's job is that of a _____________________.
4. Lindo is ashamed that Waverly _________________________.
5. What does the jade pendant symbolize?
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