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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. For dinner, Jing-mei and Canning share with his relatives ____________________________.
(a) Hamburgers, fries and apple pie
(b) Chicken wrapped in clay
(c) Peking duck and noodles
(d) Soup in a carved melon

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

3. Ying-Ying's name means _____________________.
(a) Flying Tiger
(b) Quiet Spirit
(c) Timid Bird
(d) Clear Reflection

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

5. Three days of sleeping may have given Rose _________________.
(a) A new strength
(b) A deeper sense of confusion
(c) A break from work
(d) New nightmares about Ted

Short Answer Questions

1. Waverly gives up chess for good because she ________________________________-.

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

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

4. Lindo disapproves of Waverly's mink because ___________________________.

5. Lindo is ashamed that Waverly _________________________.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

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