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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. Why did Lena feel she caused Arnold's death?
(a) She intended for him to die
(b) Because she wounded him emotionally
(c) She compared him to lepers
(d) She ate all of her rice

2. The grandmother wonders aloud whether ____________________________________________.
(a) She is truly innocent or holds many secrets inside
(b) She sees negative things in others because she has them herself
(c) The baby is laughing at her or with her
(d) The baby has come from a royal place with Buddha

3. Waverly gives up chess for good because she ________________________________-.
(a) Lost track of her strategy
(b) Begins to lose tournaments
(c) No longer believes she has a gift
(d) Is tired of dealing with her mother

4. Lindo knows that Chinese people will know that her daughter ___________________.
(a) Is well-to-do
(b) Is highly educated
(c) Is not Chinese
(d) Is a good wife

5. Canning Woo's nickname, Syau Yen, means __________________.
(a) Happy boy
(b) Small fox
(c) Little ghost
(d) Little Wild Goose

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the jade pendant symbolize?

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

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

4. Waverly had to become ill before her mother would _____________________________-.

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

3. What does Jing-Mei's mother mean when she says that everyone else, with the exception of Jing-Mei, wants the best quality? How is Jing-Mei different?

4. What is the purpose of a mother trying to impose her own values on her daughter's life?

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. "Peach blossom luck" is a feng shui belief that certain objects and angles in a room will influence the happiness and longevity of a marriage. Discuss why or why not this might be possible.

8. Does Rose grow in this chapter?

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

10. Lindo knows Waverly's weak spots, and pokes at them. Discuss what they are.

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