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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. At lunch together, Waverly's mother _____________________________________.
(a) Criticizes Waverly's choice of friends
(b) Is concerned about her heart
(c) Criticizes everything about the restaurant and food
(d) Is nervous and skittery

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

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

4. Lindo is disappointed that she could not __________________________________.
(a) Teach her daughter how to better speak Chinese
(b) Instill Chinese character in her daughter
(c) Get her daughter to give up American ways
(d) Teach her daughter to do things the easy way

5. Ying-Ying feels that aborting her baby was ______________________.
(a) A weak moment
(b) A mortal sin
(c) An immature act
(d) An act of strength

Short Answer Questions

1. The grandmother wonders if the child is laughing because __________________________________.

2. Lena is certain her mother is able to _________________________.

3. Why will a second mirror help the daughter?

4. In Peking, Lindo paid a Chinese girl to ____________________________.

5. During the war, it was not well-known that the Japanese entered ________________________.

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

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

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

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

6. Does Rose grow in this chapter?

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

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

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

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

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