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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Mouchou, Sorrowfree?
(a) Winnie's grandmother.
(b) Hulan's baby.
(c) Wen Fu's cousin.
(d) Winnie's stillborn baby.

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

3. Why does Wen Fu have an accident when he is driving the stolen jeep?
(a) His gas tank explodes.
(b) The jeep loses brake power.
(c) He is driving too fast.
(d) He crashes into a truck.

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

5. Who is Yiku?
(a) Hulan and Jiaguo's child.
(b) A shopkeeper's daughter.
(c) Winnie and Wen Fu's second child.
(d) The servant's name.

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

7. What does Yiku mean?
(a) Pleasure over bitterness.
(b) Laughter and love.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Peace and love.

8. 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 doesn't want any visitors.
(c) She is asking about Peanut.
(d) She is in good spirits.

9. Who gives Winnie Peanut's address?
(a) Little Gong.
(b) New Aunt.
(c) Uncle.
(d) The cook.

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

11. What name does Winnie give the statue she bought for Pearl's altar?
(a) Mrs. Kitchen God.
(b) Lady Sorrowfree.
(c) Helpful Buddha.
(d) Goddess of Mercy.

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

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

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

15. In Chapter 15, who destroys the hospital kitchen in anger because they won't serve him?
(a) Jiaguo.
(b) Gan.
(c) Mr. Lui.
(d) Wen Fu.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of dance do Winnie and Hulan attend around Christmas, 1941?

2. When Winnie tells her father that she must leave her marriage, what does he give her?

3. What is an "Air Mail Special"?

4. Who does Winnie go to live with when she runs away from Wen Fu?

5. What does Winnie think that Wen Fu will do to her father if she leaves him?

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