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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. Tyan-Yu was _____________________________.
(a) Much like a brave Chinese warrior
(b) A sex addict
(c) Like a small child who never grew up
(d) An overbearing brute of a husband

2. Jing-mei's mother ______________________________.
(a) Had the piano tuned
(b) Gave the piano back to Jing-Mei
(c) Got rid of the piano music
(d) Sold the piano

3. Suyuan Woo's beautiful mah jong table was made of __________________.
(a) Bamboo
(b) Teak
(c) Rosewood
(d) Hong mu

4. The Mah Jong tiles are arranged into ___________________.
(a) Four columns
(b) Three piles
(c) Four walls
(d) Three stacks

5. The old woman's daughter swallowed this, more than sorrow.
(a) Coffee
(b) Coca-Cola
(c) Humiliation
(d) Green tea

Short Answer Questions

1. The Hsus find that their Chinese relatives do not want American gifts, but prefer ____________.

2. The Hsu family had four sons and ______________________.

3. Between the child and mother there is a discernible sense of ______________________________.

4. Jing-mei's piano teacher is ________________________.

5. Waverly's mother pretending to understand chess is ____________________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Bing's name written in erasable pencil in the Bible's Death section?

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

3. 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?

4. What might Ying Ying have been planning to ask the Moon Lady for if she had not become lost?

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

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

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

8. What is the difference between the little girl's response to her mother's admonishment about riding the bicycle, and the response that one of these older women might have had to their mothers' warnings years ago?

9. Discuss why Lindo's clever scheme works on her mother-in-law.

10. What triggers Ying-Ying's early memory of her traumatic fall from the family boat?

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