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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. This daughter is tired of her mother's habit of ______________________________.
(a) Trying to fix everything
(b) Seeing bad omens in everything
(c) Warning her about her marriage
(d) Projecting her negativity outward

2. Waverly had to become ill before her mother would _____________________________-.
(a) Encourage her to play
(b) Forbid her to play
(c) Speak to her again
(d) Feed her again

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

4. The vase that breaks in the bedroom symbolizes _____________________________.
(a) Lena's mother's prophecy
(b) The separation of two halves
(c) Lena and Harold's marriage
(d) Harold's insensitivity

5. Lena is certain her mother is able to _________________________.
(a) Figure things out
(b) See all the bad things around her
(c) See the future
(d) Read tea leaves

Short Answer Questions

1. At lunch together, Waverly's mother _____________________________________.

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

3. Suyuan Woo feels that by wearing the jade pendant, Jing-mei will _____________________________.

4. Ted makes the assumption that ______________________-.

5. Jing-mei's job is that of a _____________________.

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. Lindo was a very strong girl, traveling alone and finding her way in San Francisco. How does Waverly compare to her mother in terms of strength and character?

3. Why does Lena have such a strange financial relationship with Harold?

4. Does Rose grow in this chapter?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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