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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the birthday on which Anna tells her husband that she is pregnant with her second child?
(a) 30th.
(b) 28th.
(c) 25th.
(d) 27th.

2. What kind of soldiers prevent Joseph from entering a particular area when walking on the Bund at night?
(a) Refugee.
(b) Japanese.
(c) Nationalist.
(d) Volunteer.

3. The government suddenly eliminates the _________ business, which is something Joseph did not expect.
(a) Money changing.
(b) Army.
(c) Import.
(d) Education.

4. Instead of being killed during his interrogation, Joseph is placed into ___________.
(a) Solitary confinement.
(b) Work camp.
(c) Internment camp.
(d) Media control.

5. Joseph begins to spend a lot of time at the ________ learning about the news and what has been happening in the world.
(a) College.
(b) Train station.
(c) Newspaper.
(d) Library.

6. During what year of her college education does Anna learn about her father?
(a) Freshman.
(b) Senior.
(c) Sophomore.
(d) Junior.

7. _________ says that Joseph is a person who only thinks of himself and does not concern himself with others.
(a) Mei Wei.
(b) Genevieve.
(c) Anna.
(d) Gran.

8. The Communists view Joseph's business as a form of ___________, so he is under investigation.
(a) Exploitation.
(b) Deceit.
(c) Spying.
(d) Robbery.

9. What business has Joseph sold so that he could move to Bunker Hill in Los Angeles?
(a) Paper.
(b) Chicken.
(c) Import.
(d) Landscaping.

10. Anna begins to work at the ________ library after she graduates from college and is married.
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) San Marino.
(c) Pasadena.
(d) Orange County.

11. Anna and Genevieve will be going to _________ in a month, even though Anna is not comfortable with this idea.
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Shanghai.
(c) Chicago.
(d) New York.

12. When Anna graduates _________, her family takes her out to a famous Hollywood restaurant.
(a) High school.
(b) Junior high.
(c) College.
(d) Grammar school.

13. What does Anna learn about Joseph's work when he is not with the family?
(a) He is retired.
(b) Smuggler.
(c) Night janitor.
(d) Criminal.

14. Who thinks and worries about Joseph constantly, which is not something she had anticipated?
(a) Mary.
(b) Anna.
(c) Genevieve.
(d) Gran.

15. When the war ends, the city of Shanghai is controlled by the ____________ government.
(a) Nationalist Chinese.
(b) Japanese emperor.
(c) Nationalist Japanese.
(d) Chinese emperor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Shanghai has always felt like ________ to Joseph, even if his wife and daughter are not around.

2. Anna starts her new life at _________ High School, where she decides never to talk about Shanghai again.

3. Anna later realizes just how much of her personality she has received from ___________.

4. Joseph is accused of being a _________ and is held in a cell for three weeks without any questioning or charges.

5. According to this section of the book, __________ is more dangerous now than it was when it was under the Japanese rule.

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