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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many servants does Winnie hire before she has to take care of Wen Fu herself as he recovers from his jeep accident?
(a) Three.
(b) Ten.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

2. Who is Danu?
(a) Winnie and Wen Fu's third child.
(b) Min's daughter.
(c) Auntie Du's brother.
(d) Hulan's cousin.

3. What does Hulan give Winnie as a parting gift before they leave Kunming once the war has ended?
(a) Purse.
(b) Knitting needles.
(c) Letter.
(d) Rice cakes.

4. Who does Winnie see again at a book shop in Shanghai after the war is over?
(a) Peanut.
(b) Old Aunt.
(c) Jimmy Louie.
(d) Jiaguo.

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

6. Who is pregnant and comes to visit Winnie in jail?
(a) Joy.
(b) Min.
(c) Hulan.
(d) Peanut.

7. 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) Peach-colored.
(b) Blue.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Green.

8. What does Old Aunt send to Peanut when Winnie visits her rooming house in Shanghai?
(a) Face powder.
(b) Tea.
(c) Jewelry.
(d) A small silver mirror.

9. Why doesMrs. Liang give Jimmy Louie a photograph of her four daughters?
(a) To update him on her family.
(b) So he could choose one for his wife.
(c) To give to a mutual friend.
(d) Because his aunt requests it.

10. What kind of dance do Winnie and Hulan attend around Christmas, 1941?
(a) Min's nighclub party.
(b) Chinese New Year dance.
(c) American victory dance.
(d) Wedding celebration.

11. Who is Kuang An?
(a) The guard.
(b) Hulan's second husband.
(c) Winnie's lawyer.
(d) Jimmy's friend.

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

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

14. What season is depicted in the ancient scroll that Winnie's father throws tea at?
(a) Spring.
(b) Winter.
(c) Summer.
(d) Fall.

15. At the rooming house, who gives Winnie advice on how she can run away from Wen Fu?
(a) New Aunt.
(b) Old Aunt.
(c) Her father.
(d) Little Yu's mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who throws a cup of tea at an ancient painting when the Japanese visit him at his home?

2. What does Danru present to Old Aunt when he and his mother visit her after the war has ended?

3. Why does Wen Fu have an accident when he is driving the stolen jeep?

4. Who breaks the table legs in half so it is small enough to get out of Jiang Sao-yen's study?

5. Who does Jimmy Louie ask to dance?

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