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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. In Chapter 8, what does June tell Mei Ling to do with her book of family information?
(a) Hide it in the bottom of her trunk.
(b) Burn it.
(c) Throw it overboard.
(d) Put it in the latrine.

2. In Chapter 9, who mostly make up the white line on Angel Island?
(a) Russian Jews.
(b) Czech Jews.
(c) Irish.
(d) Germans.

3. When did June Young move to America?
(a) 1909.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1913.
(d) 1908.

4. In Chapter 9 in the dormitory on Angel Island, how long does June say that one woman has been there?
(a) More than a year.
(b) About 10 months.
(c) 9 months.
(d) 8 weeks.

5. When did Chinn Kai Li's wife die?
(a) March 11.
(b) March 23.
(c) March 2.
(d) March 1.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 5, how long has it been since she left home when she and the others prepare to leave Hong Kong?

2. What does Kai Li send Mei Ling when he hears she is sick in Chapter 7?

3. In Chapter 8, who do not have to wait in line as the boat docks?

4. In Chapter 6, what is served to the passengers for breakfast?

5. In Chapter 8, what city does June say is the most beautiful?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is a girl sent back to China in Chapter 10, and what happens to her?

2. In Chapter 1, how does the home where Mei Ling's family lives shows how far they have fallen, and why have they fallen that far?

3. Who is Katherine Maurer?

4. In Chapter 5, what does Mei Ling see from a park?

5. Why does Mei Ling think of Japan as a treacherous country in Chapter 7?

6. In Chapter 9, what does Mei Ling take out of her trunk for her and Bo to carry?

7. Where did Mei Ling's family used to live and why did they have to leave?

8. How does Kai Li look when Mei Ling sees him in Chapter 8?

9. In Chapter 6, what is Siew's story?

10. In Chapter 2, what is wrong with Jah Jeh, and why is it a problem?

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