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

2. An-Mei's brother cannot come with their mother because _______________________________.
(a) She has not invited him to follow her
(b) He would lose any hope for a future
(c) His aunt and uncle forbid it
(d) Boys must stay home to care for their aunts

3. What is the supposed effect of a mirror at the foot of the bed?
(a) The mirror will reflect the wrong way
(b) Marriage happiness will bounce back
(c) Things in the marriage will turn backward
(d) It is bad luck to be able to see your partner while in bed

4. The grandmother imagines the baby in this parable to be ________________________.
(a) Buddah's granddaughter
(b) Hwai dungsyi
(c) Syi Wang Mu
(d) Empress of China

5. An-Mei's mother told her a story of a tear-eating __________________.
(a) Little pond
(b) Turtle
(c) Bird of joy
(d) Popo

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Waverly has an ignorant fear of Jing-mei's hairdresser _______________________________.

3. Ted makes the assumption that ______________________-.

4. Lindo's oldest son, Winston, ___________________________.

5. Suyuan Woo compares Waverly to a crab, saying she _________________________________________.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Does Rose grow in this chapter?

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