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

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

3. Jing-mei's job is that of a _____________________.
(a) Tax attorney
(b) Copywriter
(c) Accountant
(d) Architect

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

5. During an epidemic in Shanghai, Ying-Ying worked in ____________________.
(a) A clothing store
(b) A local hospital
(c) The farmers' market
(d) Her relatives' home

Short Answer Questions

1. The sisters in China were told their mother was dead by __________________.

2. The grandmother admits that she ______________________________-.

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

4. An-Mei's mother told her a story of a tear-eating __________________.

5. The characters in this parable are ______________________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. "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.

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

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