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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. What does Roger's nickname, Bao-bao, mean?
(a) Youngest child.
(b) Precious baby.
(c) Silly one.
(d) Big baby.

2. Why does Hulan grow angry with Winnie after the first battle in which some pilots die?
(a) Winnie is always cursing the future with her words.
(b) Winnie thinks she's better than Hulan.
(c) Winnie has used up all her flour.
(d) Winnie laughs at her.

3. Who says "Daddy, there's a lady sleeping up there! And her dinner's on fire!"
(a) Cleo.
(b) Jennifer.
(c) Cicely.
(d) Tessa.

4. Why does Winnie no longer eat eels?
(a) They are too expensive.
(b) She is allergic to them.
(c) They remind her of the escape from Nanking.
(d) She can't find them where she lives.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did they call Betty Wan during wartime?

2. What does Winnie find under Pearl's bed as she's cleaning Pearl's bedroom?

3. Who is Helen's husband?

4. Who takes Tessa and Cleo out of the funeral parlor?

5. What is Winnie's favorite piece of furniture that she bought for her dowry?

Short Essay Questions

1. The white leaflets that the Japanese drop from their planes over Nanking when Winnie and Hulan are at the market say what?

2. Why does Peanut refuse to see Wen Fu when he visits her home?

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

4. What do the telegrams say that Winnie and Jimmy send to each other after Winnie is released from jail?

5. Why is Winnie so mad at Helen for buying a three-day-old fish?

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

7. What is the relationship between Gan and Winnie?

8. Describe Wen Fu's cruelty toward the man and his pig.

9. Why does Jiaguo consider having to court martial Wen Fu after a battle with Japanese planes outside of Nanking?

10. What kind of gossip does Peanut tell Winnie about the Wens' export business?

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