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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 hate Arnold so much?
(a) He was cruel to her
(b) He wanted to be her husband
(c) He frightened her
(d) He was the cause of her eating problem

2. An-Mei's mother was not always a fourth wife, but was once a _______________________.
(a) First wife of a scholar
(b) Second wife of a villager
(c) First wife of a poor servant
(d) Model in Tientsin

3. Ted makes the assumption that ______________________-.
(a) Rose will be disagreeable
(b) He will get the house
(c) Rose wants the divorce
(d) He will have to pay alimony

4. Suyuan Woo compares Waverly to a crab, saying she _________________________________________.
(a) She is missing something, like the crab's leg
(b) Is always moving sideways and crooked
(c) She is without feelings, like the crab
(d) Her claws are sharp but slow, like the crab

5. Waverly has an ignorant fear of Jing-mei's hairdresser _______________________________.
(a) Because he is reckless
(b) Because he is gay
(c) Because he works on Howard Street
(d) Because she fears for her daughter

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Lena and Harold are both _________________.

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

4. Canning Woo's nickname, Syau Yen, means __________________.

5. This daughter is tired of her mother's habit of ______________________________.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. "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.

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

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

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

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

7. What is the lesson the woman is trying to impart, and the question she is wanting to have answered?

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

9. 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?

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

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