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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. Who does Winnie give her sewing machine to as she leaves Nanking?
(a) Mr. Ma.
(b) The servant.
(c) Hulan.
(d) Wan Betty.

2. Who is Wen Chen?
(a) Peanut's cousin.
(b) Gong's brother.
(c) Old Aunt's uncle.
(d) Wen Fu's brother.

3. Who dies in childbirth while a pilot and Hulan try to help her?
(a) Hulan's sister.
(b) Hulan's friend.
(c) Winnie's sister.
(d) Winnie's cousin.

4. What surprises Pearl about Auntie Du's casket?
(a) It has writing all over it.
(b) It is closed.
(c) It is open.
(d) It has lots of gold on it.

5. Where was Winnie's mother educated?
(a) Boarding school in Hong Kong.
(b) At home by tutors.
(c) A missionary school.
(d) Public school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Winnie's mother leave behind when she disappeared?

2. What does Winnie do in Chapter 4 to forget the news in Betty's letter?

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

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

5. What does the little boy standing next to the lake shout at the air force pilots after they drive past him in Mr. Ma's truck?

Short Essay Questions

1. When do Winnie and Hulan first meet?

2. What does Auntie Du leave in her will to Pearl?

3. Why does Winnie name the statue Lady Sorrowfree?

4. How does Winnie show her innocence about marriage?

5. What is Wen Fu's final act toward Winnie, and how does she defend herself?

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

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

8. What is the relationship between Helen and Winnie?

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

10. How does Little Yu's mother help Peanut leave her husband?

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