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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who becomes sick at night with a fever causing Joseph to apologize for the way that he behaved that day?
(a) Anna.
(b) No one.
(c) Genevieve.
(d) Mei Wah.

2. Where does Anna decide to hide the yen note she finds on the floor?
(a) A book.
(b) She doesn't.
(c) The closet.
(d) Her shoe.

3. Joseph points out on the map that _________ is trying to take over China.
(a) United States.
(b) Japan.
(c) Russia.
(d) France.

4. Allied nationals are allowed to withdraw the Chinese equivalent of ________ dollars each week.
(a) 100.
(b) 75.
(c) 50.
(d) 125.

5. What did Joseph's parents do when he was growing up as a child?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Smugglers.
(c) Teachers.
(d) Missionaries.

6. John Barrows decides to choose Joseph as his ___________, in order to watch over the other internees.
(a) Friend.
(b) Assistant.
(c) Partner.
(d) Student.

7. At the age of six, Anna knows enough about kidnappings to know that they have to __________.
(a) Make a trade.
(b) Leave.
(c) Be quiet.
(d) Wait.

8. At this point of the story, Joseph becomes involved in the business of _________, including yen trading.
(a) Banking.
(b) Smuggling.
(c) Marketing.
(d) Currency.

9. Joseph tells Anna that no matter what happens with Japan, they will be safe in the ______________.
(a) Internment camps.
(b) International Settlement.
(c) Border Town.
(d) Villa.

10. What does Anna give back to her father, thinking that she might have been the one who started the war?
(a) Note.
(b) Book.
(c) Yen.
(d) Picture.

11. Where is Joseph taken after is is accused of witnessing the prisoner ask to have a letter smuggled out?
(a) Bridge Manor.
(b) A metal cage.
(c) Nowhere.
(d) Bridge House.

12. What does Joseph love above anything else, so much so that he teaches his daughter about it?
(a) Shanghai.
(b) Books.
(c) Gardening.
(d) Music.

13. What series of books becomes Ann's favorite when she first discovers them?
(a) Judy Blume.
(b) Hardy Boys.
(c) Nancy Drew.
(d) Narnia.

14. What is the first career into which Joseph goes after he has graduated from college?
(a) Smuggling.
(b) Law.
(c) Imports.
(d) Insurance.

15. At what university were both of the parents in this story students when they first met?
(a) Vanderbilt.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Yale.
(d) Boston.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Joseph decide to hide all of his valuable papers and money? Under the __________.

2. What continues to be held in Cerecle Sportif in the city, oblivious to the events going on around it?

3. Joseph is accused of witnessing a prisoner, _________, asking to have a letter smuggled out of the camp.

4. What is the name of the better quarters in which Joseph and the other leaders are housed?

5. On _________ mornings, Joseph takes Anna to the Foreign Correspondents Club.

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