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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Anna agrees to __________ in order to make her mother happy as she recuperates from her illness.
(a) Forget Joseph.
(b) Forgive Joseph.
(c) Forgive Genevieve.
(d) Smile.

2. What do Anna and Genevieve do after mass one Sunday?
(a) Go to breakfast.
(b) Head to the train station.
(c) Go for a walk.
(d) Go shopping.

3. 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.

4. The women see Joseph eating at the restaurant with a Chinese ____________.
(a) Diplomat.
(b) Smuggler.
(c) Officer.
(d) Woman.

5. Who walks into the mortuary when Anna is visiting her mother?
(a) Gran.
(b) Joseph.
(c) Jack.
(d) William.

6. When is Anna's baby due, which is when Genevieve hopes to live until?
(a) April.
(b) February.
(c) January.
(d) March.

7. Genevieve and Anna decide to eat at __________, when they see that Joseph has not arrived.
(a) Joe's.
(b) Jimmy's.
(c) Plaza Hotel.
(d) Home.

8. What happens when Anna reads about her mother's condition at the library?
(a) Faints.
(b) Sleeps.
(c) Vomits.
(d) Screams.

9. Where is the postmark from on the letter that Genevieve receives from Joseph in 1942?
(a) Tokyo.
(b) Java.
(c) Peking.
(d) Shanghai.

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

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

12. What is the color of the Cheongsam that Genevieve wears to the party?
(a) Green.
(b) Blue.
(c) Purple.
(d) Pink.

13. What does Joseph see being driven by a Chinese man, though he reclaims it in the name of the government?
(a) T-bird.
(b) Packard.
(c) Escort.
(d) Rolls Royce.

14. Anna later realizes just how much of her personality she has received from ___________.
(a) William.
(b) Mei Wah.
(c) Joseph.
(d) Genevieve.

15. What language does Joseph speak to the staff when they go to a local Chinese restaurant?
(a) Spanish.
(b) Mandarin.
(c) He doesn't.
(d) English.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Anna do with the money that she receives from selling the gift Joseph gets her?

3. Genevieve and Anna leave Shanghai on October ____, 1946, never to return, they believe.

4. What does Joseph do for the family in order to help them out with their home?

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

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