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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Joseph tells Genevieve that he doesn't want a _________, which Anna hears from her bedroom.
(a) Business.
(b) Boring life.
(c) Trip to America.
(d) Family.

2. Joseph decides that the ________ will not be able to control China, so he says where he is to make more money.
(a) People.
(b) Japanese.
(c) Liberation army.
(d) Communists.

3. Anna starts her new life at _________ High School, where she decides never to talk about Shanghai again.
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) Beverly Hills.
(c) South Pasadena.
(d) North Pasadena.

4. Who walks away from the conversation between Anna and Joseph at the funeral?
(a) Joseph.
(b) Anna.
(c) They don't talk.
(d) Neither.

5. Shanghai has always felt like ________ to Joseph, even if his wife and daughter are not around.
(a) Love.
(b) Peace.
(c) Home.
(d) Family.

6. What kind of watch does Anna's Gran give to her when she graduates?
(a) Timex.
(b) Elgin.
(c) She doesn't.
(d) Rolex.

7. During what month of her pregnancy does Anna decide to quit her job in order to help her mother and to support her pregnancy?
(a) Eighth.
(b) Sixth.
(c) Fifth.
(d) Seventh.

8. Who thinks that Joseph isn't coming to meet them in Los Angeles because of something that she did?
(a) Anna.
(b) Genevieve.
(c) Mary.
(d) Gran.

9. What magazine reveals the details of Joseph's imprisonment to Anna and Genevieve?
(a) Life.
(b) America.
(c) Time.
(d) People.

10. How many more telegrams do Anna and her mother receive that leave them to believe Joseph is not coming back?
(a) Two.
(b) Ten.
(c) None.
(d) Three.

11. What does Anna receive from Joseph in the months after her mother's death?
(a) A gift certificate.
(b) A brief letter.
(c) A shoe.
(d) A ring.

12. Who hosts a party to celebrate Anna and her husband's first wedding anniversary?
(a) Gran.
(b) Anna.
(c) Anna's husband's family.
(d) Genevieve.

13. What do Anna and Genevieve soon learn about the condition of Genevieve?
(a) She has arthritis.
(b) She is healthy for her age.
(c) She has leukemia.
(d) She has dementia.

14. Genevieve learns that Joseph will arrive in _________ in mid-December after the conflict is over.
(a) New York.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Boston.
(d) Los Angeles.

15. Anna and her husband move into the house on ________ after her mother's death.
(a) Princeton.
(b) Bucknell.
(c) Mareville.
(d) Rodeo.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city do Anna and her husband live, close to her family?

2. What is the color of the Cheongsam that Genevieve wears to the party?

3. Joseph ends up telling Anna that Shanghai is not a __________ for a little girl.

4. When Anna graduates _________, her family takes her out to a famous Hollywood restaurant.

5. Instead of being killed during his interrogation, Joseph is placed into ___________.

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