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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the women at Peanut's rooming house like bitter melon?
(a) It tastes sweet.
(b) For the conversation that comes with it.
(c) It is a rare fruit.
(d) It is juicy.

2. What is an "Air Mail Special"?
(a) Air force joke.
(b) A lindy-hop song.
(c) International title.
(d) Post Office service.

3. Who is Min?
(a) Winnie's cousin.
(b) Wen Fu's concubine.
(c) Aunt Du's servant.
(d) Hulan's sister.

4. On the day Winnie runs away, what does she tell her mother-in-law about Old Aunt?
(a) She is asking about Peanut.
(b) She doesn't want any visitors.
(c) Her health is not so good and she needs to visit her.
(d) She is in good spirits.

5. How much does Jimmy earn as minister of their church in Fresno?
(a) One hundred dollars a week.
(b) Fifty dollars a week.
(c) Thirty dollars a week.
(d) Twenty dollars a week.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Winnie feed to Pearl when she visits in Chapter 5?

2. Why does Jimmy have to have an operation when he ate the fish dinner Winnie had made to celebrate her new job?

3. Who is Jimmy Louie?

4. When Winnie tells her father that she must leave her marriage, what does he give her?

5. At Auntie Du's funeral, who does Pearl think of and begin to grieve for?

(see the answer key)

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