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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Besides losing her name, Lena's mother lost ________________________.
(a) Her status in China
(b) Her friends
(c) Her entire heritage
(d) Her entire dowry

2. Jing-mei shocked the anger out of her mother by _______________________________________.
(a) Telling her she was no genius
(b) Refusing to practice on the piano
(c) Making reference to the dead twins
(d) Telling her she wished she were not her mother

3. Ying Ying was disappointed to find out the Moon Lady in the play _________________________________.
(a) Was a figment of her imagination
(b) Could not grant wishes
(c) Was only an actress
(d) Was actually a man

4. Ying-Ying feels that both she and her grown daughter are ______________.
(a) Lost
(b) Depressed
(c) Angry
(d) Afraid

5. Rose's mother, in exchange for Bing, gave to the ocean _____________________.
(a) A bamboo pole
(b) A sapphire ring
(c) Her teacup
(d) Her bible

Short Answer Questions

1. The Twenty Six Malignant Gates is about _____________________________________________.

2. What was Ying-Ying feeling at the end of the Moon Lady play?

3. The woman transported the swan ____________________________.

4. As national chess champion, Waverly is touted as __________________________.

5. The winner of the American Mah Jong game takes home _________________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why would Lindo begin to think of her cruel husband as a god?

2. Ying-Ying has remained a frightened child into her adulthood, and now her daughter is forced to live with Ying-Ying's fears. Why is Ying-Ying St. Clair so afraid?

3. How could a woman with twin babies leave them at the side of the road?

4. The soup An-Mei's mother made for her dying mother was the ultimate show of love for her mother. What does it symbolize?

5. Discuss Ying-Ying's mental state and some of its origins.

6. Discuss why the woman has never told her daughter about the single feather she kept from the swan.

7. Why might it be that Jing-Mei continues to be a failure?

8. What is the root problem in Rose's marriage?

9. Discuss the "scar" reference. How did it happen and why?

10. Jing-Mei Woo's mother and Waverly Jong's mother compete through their daughters' failures and successes. Are the two women friends?

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