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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. How does Wen Fu behave towards the other pilots when they're playing cards after dinner?
(a) Talks politely with them.
(b) Is silent with them.
(c) Tells coarse jokes to make them laugh.
(d) Scares them with his temper and then laughs at them.

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

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

4. Who is videotaping Auntie Du's funeral?
(a) Michael.
(b) Louis.
(c) Uncle Henry.
(d) Roger.

5. What did Winnie's mother leave behind when she disappeared?
(a) A recipe for a fish dish.
(b) A letter to Winnie.
(c) A three-foot lock of hair.
(d) A warning to be careful.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long do Winnie and Helen eat Auntie Du's funeral leftovers?

3. In Chapter 1, what does Aunt Helen say she is dying from?

4. Who does Winnie give her sewing machine to as she leaves Nanking?

5. What was the nickname Winnie's mother had for her daughter?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Winnie show her innocence about marriage?

2. Why does Pearl keep her multiple sclerosis a secret from her mother?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does Winnie remember best about her mother?

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

10. What does the fortune teller say she can do to change Winnie's bad luck?

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