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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Winnie's son Samuel work?
(a) New York City.
(b) New York.
(c) Connecticut.
(d) New Jersey.

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

3. Why doesn't Winnie want to forget the past?
(a) She had the best life in China.
(b) It still holds lessons for her.
(c) It was an enjoyable time.
(d) She misses it so much.

4. How does Winnie pay for the meals she makes for the pilots after they return from their missions?
(a) Borrows money from Hulan.
(b) Wen Fu's salary.
(c) With money from her dowry.
(d) Takes up a collection from all the pilots.

5. Who is Lin?
(a) A friend of Helen's.
(b) A stranger at the church.
(c) A good man Winnie could have married in China.
(d) Winnie's podiatrist.

6. Where was Winnie's mother educated?
(a) Public school.
(b) Boarding school in Hong Kong.
(c) At home by tutors.
(d) A missionary school.

7. How much money does Wen Fu's family give to Winnie's father?
(a) One thousand yuan.
(b) Four thousand yuan.
(c) Five thousand yaun.
(d) Ten thousand yaun.

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

9. Whose credentials does Wen Fu use to become a pilot?
(a) A dead cousin's.
(b) His father's.
(c) His dead brother's.
(d) A neighbor's.

10. Who is Pearl's least favorite cousin?
(a) Lisa.
(b) Michael.
(c) Mary.
(d) Kina.

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

12. When Winnie moves to Nanking, what does she say about seeing snow?
(a) She wishes it would go away.
(b) The snow is best for snowmen.
(c) It reminds her of her childhood.
(d) It's the first time she's seen it.

13. At Auntie Du's funeral, what are Phil and Pearl given when they first enter?
(a) Parking stub.
(b) Quilt pieces.
(c) Programs.
(d) Black armbands.

14. In Chapter 3, how old is the fish that Helen wants to buy at Happy Super?
(a) One day old.
(b) Three days old.
(c) Just caught.
(d) Four days old.

15. Who is Phil?
(a) Pearl's brother.
(b) Aunt Helen's doctor.
(c) Mary's brother.
(d) Pearl's husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Wen Chen?

2. When Winnie and the others are escaping Nanking, how many suitcases are they allowed to bring?

3. What does Winnie find under Pearl's bed as she's cleaning Pearl's bedroom?

4. Who says "Daddy, there's a lady sleeping up there! And her dinner's on fire!"

5. Why does Winnie no longer eat eels?

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