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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 year was Mei Ling born?
(a) Snake.
(b) Horse.
(c) Dragon.
(d) Monkey.

2. What plants does Mah-ma send with Mei Ling in Chapter 2?
(a) Lily and orchid.
(b) Iris and magnolia.
(c) Chrysanthemum and peony.
(d) Lotus and hibiscus.

3. In Chapter 2, who is the last family member to give Mei Ling a hug before she leaves?
(a) Mah-ma.
(b) Dai Dai.
(c) Ahma.
(d) Fuchan.

4. What is the date at the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1923.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1917.

5. In Chapter 7, how many women who board the ship are destined to be picture brides?
(a) 11.
(b) 8.
(c) About 12.
(d) 10 or 20.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the ship stop at the beginning of Chapter 7?

2. In Chapter 4, what color do Mei Ling, Chinn Kai Li, and Bo wear to have photographs taken?

3. Where does Mei Ling find Siew in the night in Chapter 6?

4. In Chapter 3, what does the matchmaker give Mei Ling to wear?

5. What type of tea does Chinn Kai Li bring in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Chinn Kai Li give Mei Ling to study in Chapter 4?

3. What does the matchmaker tell Mei Ling about the wedding in Chapter 3?

4. What does the matchmaker say when Fuchan tells her that Jah Jeh is sick?

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

6. In Chapter 7, who are the women that June points out who board the ship in Nagasaki?

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

8. Why does Kai Li get off the ship before Mei Ling and Bo do?

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

10. Who is Pasha in Chapter 7, and what does he bring Mei Ling and then tell her?

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