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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color is the cloth that Winnie gives to Hulan after she convinces Jiaguo not to charge Wen Fu for driving the jeep without permission?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Blue.
(c) Peach-colored.
(d) Green.

2. Who is Jimmy Louie?
(a) Friend of Jiaguo.
(b) Wen Fu's cousin.
(c) Chinese-American translator.
(d) Hulan's brother.

3. Who does Jimmy Louie ask to dance?
(a) Donna.
(b) Helen.
(c) Winnie.
(d) Nancy.

4. What good news does Winnie learn at the beginning of Chapter 19?
(a) Her dowry is replenished.
(b) Her mother is alive.
(c) Wen Fu is in jail.
(d) The war is over.

5. When Hulan receives a letter from Jiaguo while she's living in Kunming, who reads it to her?
(a) Winnie.
(b) Aunt Du.
(c) Mr. Ma.
(d) Wen Fu.

6. What does Winnie give Peanut when she visits her at the rooming house in Shanghai?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Nylons.
(c) Hair ribbons.
(d) Book.

7. What country are Winnie and Helen making plans to travel to in Chapter 25?
(a) China.
(b) Turkey.
(c) Australia.
(d) Japan.

8. Who does Winnie fear is killed after she lives through a bombing in Kunming?
(a) Her servant.
(b) Aunt Du.
(c) The cook.
(d) Danru.

9. What does the landlady's dog eat in Chapter 23?
(a) Jimmy's robe.
(b) Danru's blanket.
(c) Winnie's slippers.
(d) Peanut's painting.

10. What gift do Pearl and Phil give Bao-bao and Mimi?
(a) Dishes.
(b) Blender.
(c) Glass martini set.
(d) Wine glasses.

11. How does the city of Kunming warn people that Japanese planes are coming?
(a) Shouting.
(b) Posting warnings.
(c) Sirens and loudspeakers.
(d) Closing city hall.

12. Who gives Pearl herbal pads to place on her arms and legs?
(a) Henry.
(b) Mrs. Hong.
(c) Winnie.
(d) Helen.

13. Where do Winnie and Jimmy send Danru to keep him safe from Wen Fu?
(a) To Old Aunt.
(b) To a small cottage in the countryside.
(c) To Peanut's rooming house.
(d) To Hulan and Jiaguo's home in the north.

14. What does Danru present to Old Aunt when he and his mother visit her after the war has ended?
(a) Ginseng root.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Drawing.
(d) Candy.

15. What does the name Danu mean?
(a) Poverty.
(b) Connection.
(c) Despair.
(d) Nonchalance.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who makes a promise to accept life without complaint at the end of Chapter 17?

2. Who is Danu?

3. What do the Red Cross send to the dance in Chapter 18?

4. Who does Winnie think is Pearl's father?

5. Where do Helen and Winnie go shopping at the end of the novel?

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