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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose credentials does Wen Fu use to become a pilot?
(a) A neighbor's.
(b) A dead cousin's.
(c) His dead brother's.
(d) His father's.

2. At the end of Chapter 10, where do the pilots fight their first battle?
(a) Peking.
(b) Shanghai.
(c) Hangchow.
(d) Tokyo.

3. What kind of shop does Pearl's mother run?
(a) The Shop of the Gods.
(b) Cookie Factory.
(c) Kitchen shop.
(d) Flower shop.

4. What does Winnie read in the Pavillion while snacking on a variety of foods?
(a) Book of poetry.
(b) American Magazine.
(c) A newspaper.
(d) Letter from Betty.

5. What does Wen Fu bring Peanut home in?
(a) Bicycle.
(b) Horse and carriage.
(c) A wheelbarrow.
(d) A car.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, how old is the fish that Helen wants to buy at Happy Super?

2. Who delivers Peanut's letters to Wen Fu?

3. Where do Hulan and Winnie like to go during thunderstorms in Chapter 10?

4. What does Winnie say "taonan" means?

5. What does Hulan break in Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jimmy Louie tell Winnie about who he wants to marry when they have tea together in Shanghai?

2. What story does Winnie devise as a reason for why she and Danru are leaving her father's house?

3. How is Winnie's father affected by the war?

4. How does Winnie show her innocence about marriage?

5. How does Winnie think about her past as a stain on her life?

6. What happens when Winnie buys a special fish for dinner to announce her news that she's found a job?

7. Why does Pearl feel silly about participating in the Buddhist ritual of chanting around Auntie Du's casket?

8. Why does Pearl no longer like her cousin Mary?

9. How does Hulan know that Winnie is pregnant even before Winnie does?

10. What is the reason Auntie Du bought three pounds of tea?

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