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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 kind of job does Pearl have?
(a) Librarian.
(b) Medical Assistant.
(c) Bookstore owner.
(d) Speech and language clinician.

2. What does Betty Wan from Hong Kong write to Helen?
(a) That she has a new grandson.
(b) To come visit her in Hong Kong.
(c) That Wen Fu is dead.
(d) To remind her of her birthday.

3. What does Winnie find on the funeral card that Pearl had saved from her father's funeral?
(a) Hearts around her father's name.
(b) Black marks covering the death date.
(c) A song she made up.
(d) Pearl's name.

4. What does Winnie have above her eye that a fortune teller says can make everything she sees turn black?
(a) A mole.
(b) Her bangs.
(c) A cyst.
(d) A speck of dirt.

5. What color was Winnie's mother's hair?
(a) Very black with two white hairs.
(b) Brown.
(c) Brown-black.
(d) White.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Winnie say she acted like when she was newly married?

3. What does the banner say above Auntie Du's casket?

4. Who were the matron of honor and best man at Pearl's wedding?

5. What color is Winnie's house?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe how Wen Fu takes over Winnie's father's house.

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

4. What happens when Pearl realizes that Wen Fu is her biological father?

5. How do Winnie and Pearl behave differently toward each other after they've shared their secrets?

6. How does Winnie react when her mother has disappeared and doesn't return to their bedroom?

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

8. Why does Winnie name her child Danru?

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

10. What happens when Winnie tells her father she must leave her marriage?

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