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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 is Wen Fu doing when Peanut first meets him?
(a) An actor asking for a donation.
(b) Selling candy.
(c) Talking with government officials.
(d) Reading a book.

2. How much spirit money did Mr. Hong give to Pearl before Auntie Du's funeral?
(a) Six million dollars.
(b) One hundred dollars.
(c) One thousand dollars.
(d) One hundred million dollars.

3. What did they call Betty Wan during wartime?
(a) Big Betty.
(b) Baby Betty.
(c) Bratty Betty.
(d) Beautiful Betty.

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

5. Why doesn't Winnie want to take her sweater off after church services in Chapter 3?
(a) She's proud of her new sweater.
(b) She's too cold.
(c) Her dress has a hole in it.
(d) She loves its softness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Auntie Miao?

2. Who is Helen's husband?

3. At the market in Nanking, what do Winnie and Hulan buy just before the Japanese planes fly over, dropping leaflets and causing panic?

4. Who is Pearl's real father?

5. Who does Aunt Helen say Pearl needs to tell about her disease?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Winnie find Peanut doing in her room at the rooming house in Shanghai?

2. How does the one dance with Jimmy get Winnie into trouble?

3. What does Winnie learn about Hulan's marriage when she reads Jiaguo's letter?

4. Why does Winnie name the statue Lady Sorrowfree?

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

6. When Winnie confronts Wen Fu about abusing the servant girl, what does Wen Fu do to Yiku?

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

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

9. Why does Winnie send Danru up north to stay with Hulan and Jiaguo?

10. How does Winnie show her innocence about marriage?

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