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

2. Lindo knows that Chinese people will know that her daughter ___________________.
(a) Is not Chinese
(b) Is highly educated
(c) Is a good wife
(d) Is well-to-do

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

4. The grandmother wonders aloud whether ____________________________________________.
(a) She is truly innocent or holds many secrets inside
(b) The baby has come from a royal place with Buddha
(c) She sees negative things in others because she has them herself
(d) The baby is laughing at her or with her

5. Rich Schields makes several mistakes at dinner, the worst being ___________________________________.
(a) He drinks too much wine
(b) He spills food
(c) He brings wine to people who do not own wineglasses
(d) He accidentally insults Lindo's cooking

Short Answer Questions

1. Waverly had to become ill before her mother would _____________________________-.

2. Rose being "without wood" symbolizes ________________________.

3. An-Mei's mother makes life in Tientsin sound __________________________________.

4. What the daughter sees in the mirror is _____________________.

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. The fact that June Woo's mother has searched for a lifetime for her two daughters, and then dies before she can see them again, is strongly ironic. How might the story have been different if she had lived to make the trip to China and reunited with her daughters?

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

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

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

6. Does Rose grow in this chapter?

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

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

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

10. 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?

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