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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How much spirit money did Mr. Hong give to Pearl before Auntie Du's funeral?
(a) One hundred dollars.
(b) One thousand dollars.
(c) Six million dollars.
(d) One hundred million dollars.

3. What is Bao-bao handing out at Auntie Du's funeral?
(a) Spirit money and candy.
(b) Invitations to his wedding.
(c) Song sheets.
(d) List of gift ideas.

4. At the end of Chapter 10, where do the pilots fight their first battle?
(a) Hangchow.
(b) Tokyo.
(c) Shanghai.
(d) Peking.

5. What disease does Pearl have?
(a) Diabetes.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Heart disease.
(d) Multiple Sclerosis.

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

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

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

9. Which uncle tells a story about a newlywed couple in Chapter 8?
(a) Turtle Uncle.
(b) Uncle Henry.
(c) Uncle Gong.
(d) Uncle Sam.

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

11. As a child, what did Pearl carve in the wood of the dressing table in her bedroom?
(a) PL & RC.
(b) U R Mine.
(c) Zoro.
(d) I love RD.

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

13. What does Wen Fu shoot on the road to Changsha?
(a) A rabbit.
(b) A chicken.
(c) A pig.
(d) A duck.

14. In Chapter 12, what does Wen Fu spend Winnie's dowry money on?
(a) Phonograph.
(b) An old sports car.
(c) Books.
(d) Tea.

15. What does Winnie say "taonan" means?
(a) A big tidal wave.
(b) Greetings from you friend.
(c) That terrible danger is coming.
(d) Great happiness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose cooking does Winnie criticize at the funeral?

2. What kind of luck does Winnie say she was born with?

3. What is spirit money?

4. Where do Peanut and Wen Fu meet in Chapter 7?

5. In Chapter 3, how old is the fish that Helen wants to buy at Happy Super?

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