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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Helen and Winnie go shopping at the end of the novel?
(a) The chinese dress shop.
(b) The cookie factory.
(c) Sam Fook Trading Company.
(d) Mr. Wong's tea shop.

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

3. How old is Winnie when the war ends?
(a) Thirty.
(b) Twenty-five.
(c) Twenty-seven.
(d) Twenty-two.

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

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

6. According to Winnie, where is the best tea in the world?
(a) India.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Hangchow.
(d) England.

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

8. What does Helen tell Winnie about the fish she brought home from Bao-bao's reception?
(a) As good as it was the day of the wedding.
(b) It was delicious.
(c) Very tender.
(d) Winnie was right about it not tasting good the next day.

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

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

11. What is in the box that Wen Fu signs for at the telegraph office?
(a) Apples.
(b) Dried cakes of donkey dung.
(c) Newspaper.
(d) Flowers.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer 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?

2. Who is Min?

3. What does Winnie say the Double Seventh day is supposed to be?

4. Who buys a new pair of eye glasses in Chapter 17?

5. Who thinks Old Aunt has a sickness to match every herb?

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