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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is spirit money?
(a) Play money the dead use to bribe their way into heaven.
(b) Real money.
(c) Money for giving to the church.
(d) Money that pays for the wreaths.

2. Who uses a red wedding skirt as a guide on the mountain road?
(a) Winnie.
(b) Jiaguo.
(c) Hulan.
(d) Wen Fu.

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

4. Who dies in childbirth while a pilot and Hulan try to help her?
(a) Winnie's sister.
(b) Winnie's cousin.
(c) Hulan's friend.
(d) Hulan's sister.

5. What does Winnie do in Chapter 4 to forget the news in Betty's letter?
(a) Goes to the movies.
(b) She cleans her house all night.
(c) Listens to the radio.
(d) Watches TV.

6. Who does Winnie give her sewing machine to as she leaves Nanking?
(a) Mr. Ma.
(b) Hulan.
(c) Wan Betty.
(d) The servant.

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

8. What does Betty Wan from Hong Kong write to Helen?
(a) That Wen Fu is dead.
(b) That she has a new grandson.
(c) To come visit her in Hong Kong.
(d) To remind her of her birthday.

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

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

11. 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.

12. Who uses an egg mixture to harden mud walls in their living quarters?
(a) Old Aunt.
(b) Betty.
(c) Peanut.
(d) Hulan.

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

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

15. Where do Hulan and Winnie go to meet up with their husbands in Chapter 11?
(a) Nanking.
(b) Hankow-Wuchang.
(c) Shanghai.
(d) Yangchow.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Pearl's mother's name?

3. Who is videotaping Auntie Du's funeral?

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

5. Whose credentials does Wen Fu use to become a pilot?

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