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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On the day Winnie runs away, what does she tell her mother-in-law about Old Aunt?
(a) Her health is not so good and she needs to visit her.
(b) She is asking about Peanut.
(c) She is in good spirits.
(d) She doesn't want any visitors.

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

3. What do the Red Cross send to the dance in Chapter 18?
(a) Ice cream.
(b) Christmas tree.
(c) Magazines.
(d) Bandages.

4. Who thinks Old Aunt has a sickness to match every herb?
(a) Hulan.
(b) Wen Fu's mother.
(c) Winnie's father.
(d) Jiaguo.

5. Who throws a cup of tea at an ancient painting when the Japanese visit him at his home?
(a) Peanut's father.
(b) Winnie's father.
(c) Wen Fu.
(d) Jiaguo.

6. What wrapping paper does Winnie use to wrap Bao-bao and Mimi's wedding gift?
(a) Brown wrapping paper.
(b) Chinese paper.
(c) Silver paper.
(d) Red Christmas paper.

7. Who does Winnie think is Pearl's father?
(a) Jiaguo.
(b) Wen Fu.
(c) Thomas.
(d) Henry.

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

9. Where does Winnie first see Min?
(a) At a play.
(b) Sleeping in her bed.
(c) At the marketplace.
(d) In the hospital.

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

11. What happens to Winnie when she comes out of the beauty parlor in Chapter 23?
(a) She's photographed.
(b) A big wind ruins her hair.
(c) She's splashed by a bicyclist.
(d) She's arrested and put in jail.

12. Who says, "my husband was zibuyong"?
(a) Miao-miao.
(b) Little Yu.
(c) Winnie.
(d) Peanut.

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

14. What does Winnie say about Wen Fu after he has men ransack the lawyer's office and tear up the divorce papers?
(a) He's joking.
(b) He's good to her.
(c) She thinks he is a gangster.
(d) He forgets to water the plants.

15. What does Winnie tell Pearl she should drink three or four times a day to help cure her multiple sclerosis?
(a) Hot water.
(b) Pepsi.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Tea.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Winnie remember that she has stashed away in her suitcase lining when Aunt Du says they haven't eaten well in months?

2. What does Helen tell Pearl about her brain tumor?

3. In Chapter 15, who destroys the hospital kitchen in anger because they won't serve him?

4. Where do Winnie and Jimmy send Danru to keep him safe from Wen Fu?

5. At the rooming house, who gives Winnie advice on how she can run away from Wen Fu?

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