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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. During the war, it was not well-known that the Japanese entered ________________________.
(a) Shanghai
(b) Kweilin
(c) Guanhzhou
(d) Chungking

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

3. An-Mei finds that in Tientsin, she has a __________________.
(a) Brother
(b) New mother
(c) Cousins
(d) New husband

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

5. How did Lena's eating problem manifest itself?
(a) Her hatred consumed her
(b) Her skin broke out like leprosy
(c) She became anorexic
(d) Her mother's sack lunches made her sick

Short Answer Questions

1. During an epidemic in Shanghai, Ying-Ying worked in ____________________.

2. The vase that breaks in the bedroom symbolizes _____________________________.

3. Lindo's mother told her as a child that _________________________________.

4. Three days of sleeping may have given Rose _________________.

5. What the daughter sees in the mirror is _____________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

4. 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?

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

6. Why does Rose's mother say that Rose is without wood?

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

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. Does Rose grow in this chapter?

10. Why did An-Mei feel she had no choice but to marry Wu Tsing?

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