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

2. Lindo's mother told her as a child that _________________________________.
(a) She would grow up to be unfortunate
(b) She would follow her nose to good luck
(c) She would later learn to worry and lose her hair
(d) She would marry well

3. Old Mr. Chou is ___________________________________.
(a) An old friend of An-Mei's
(b) A neighbor who tends Rose's garden
(c) A fantasy figure from the world of sleep
(d) A Chinese fortune teller

4. What does the jade pendant symbolize?
(a) Three pears
(b) We do not know
(c) Fertility
(d) Pomegranates

5. 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

Short Answer Questions

1. Clifford St. Clair's gifts to Ying-Ying were ___________________________.

2. An-Mei's brother cannot come with their mother because _______________________________.

3. Why did Lena feel she caused Arnold's death?

4. Ying-Ying thinks that if she cuts her spirit loose, ______________________________________.

5. Waverly chooses the best crab on the platter for _______________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss what is meant in this chapter by "double face."

2. Ying-Ying's story is vast and complex, and one that her daughter has never known or understood. Why, in this chapter, has she decided to tell Lena everything about her life?

3. The fact that June Woo's mother has searched for a lifetime for her two daughters, and then dies before she can see them again, is strongly ironic. How might the story have been different if she had lived to make the trip to China and reunited with her daughters?

4. Does Ying-Ying love her husband, Saint?

5. How does it affect Jing-Mei to meet her long lost sisters in China?

6. In this chapter we learn the origin of Bing's name. What is it?

7. Why is An-Mei's family so miserable?

8. It becomes more obvious in this chapter the kinds of adults that Jing-Mei and Waverly have grown into. Who is more likable?

9. Is there a character in this story who might be represented in this parable?

10. Did Lena's mother knock the table over that shattered the vase in her bedroom?

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