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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Peanut and Wen Fu meet in Chapter 7?
(a) Peanut's house.
(b) Schoolhouse.
(c) Greenhouse.
(d) Shanghai.

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

3. How long do Winnie and Helen eat Auntie Du's funeral leftovers?
(a) Seven days.
(b) Five days.
(c) Two days.
(d) Three days.

4. What does Wen Fu bring Peanut home in?
(a) A car.
(b) Horse and carriage.
(c) Bicycle.
(d) A wheelbarrow.

5. When Winnie and the others are escaping Nanking, how many suitcases are they allowed to bring?
(a) None.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

6. At Auntie Du's funeral, who does Pearl think of and begin to grieve for?
(a) Herself.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her lost cat.
(d) Her father.

7. How old is Auntie Du when she dies?
(a) 88.
(b) 97.
(c) 90.
(d) 100.

8. What name do Peanut and Winnie use for each other right before Winnie is married?
(a) Annoying pests.
(b) La-sa.
(c) Sugar sisters.
(d) Enemies.

9. Where does Winnie sleep when she stays at her father's house before her wedding?
(a) In her mother's bedroom.
(b) Guest room.
(c) The study.
(d) Guest cottage.

10. In Chapter 6, what is Winnie's task on New Year's day?
(a) To tend the animals.
(b) To mend the family's clothes.
(c) To sweep the courtyard.
(d) To wash all the dishes.

11. What color is Winnie's house?
(a) Day-Glo pink.
(b) Green.
(c) Orange.
(d) Red.

12. What does Winnie find on the funeral card that Pearl had saved from her father's funeral?
(a) Hearts around her father's name.
(b) Black marks covering the death date.
(c) Pearl's name.
(d) A song she made up.

13. What are the ten items that Winnie saved from her dowry and hides in the lining of her suitcase?
(a) Tablecloths.
(b) Fur stoles.
(c) Silver chopsticks.
(d) Paintings.

14. What does Winnie read in the Pavillion while snacking on a variety of foods?
(a) American Magazine.
(b) Letter from Betty.
(c) A newspaper.
(d) Book of poetry.

15. What color was Winnie's mother's hair?
(a) Brown.
(b) Very black with two white hairs.
(c) Brown-black.
(d) White.

Short Answer Questions

1. What surprises Pearl about Auntie Du's casket?

2. How old is Bao-bao when he gets engaged for the third time?

3. In Chapter 1, what does Aunt Helen say she is dying from?

4. As a child, what did Pearl carve in the wood of the dressing table in her bedroom?

5. Where does Winnie's son Samuel work?

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