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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. The winner of the American Mah Jong game takes home _________________________.
(a) Cash
(b) Leftover food
(c) Stock certificates
(d) City savings bonds

2. Rose had to care for her brothers to learn ________________________.
(a) Fishing techniques
(b) Water safety
(c) Parenting skills
(d) Yiding, or responsibility

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

4. An-Mei's brother lost his happiness when _______________________________________-.
(a) His grandmother began to die
(b) His abusive aunt told him about his mother
(c) His father watched him from a painting
(d) His grandmother punished him for laughing

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Amah is Ying-Ying's ___________.

2. Waverly's mother wanted Vincent's chess set _________________________.

3. Tyan-Yu was _____________________________.

4. Lena's father's heritage is __________________.

5. The woman intends to learn in America how to __________________________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. An-Mei has an interesting way of storing her Bible. Discuss where the Bible is kept, and why.

2. The parable is obviously based on a current-day story in which one of the mothers in the book tries to warn her daughter of her superstitions. Discuss other instances in the book up until this point where mothers feel they know so much more than their daughters.

3. 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?

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

5. The imagery of the woman fluttering her arms when the swan is taken from her is sad. What does it imply?

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. Since the little girl is too young to be told about them all, discuss what some of the twenty-six malignant gates might be.

8. Why did An-Mei's mother return to her sister's home where she was so unwanted and rejected? Was her mother the person An-Mei had thought she was?

9. Discuss the reason that An-Mei's mother is considered a "ghost" and does not live with her children.

10. What is it that worries the women about Jing-Mei's visit to China?

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