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

2. Where are Anna and her father supposed to meet their servant?
(a) The school yard.
(b) At home.
(c) Park Hotel.
(d) The main fountain.

3. What is the last name of the family that is featured in this story?
(a) Schone.
(b) Scone.
(c) Shone.
(d) Schoene.

4. What do Genevieve and Will Marsh do in order to speed up the release of Joseph from the kidnappers?
(a) Pay ransom.
(b) Call the police.
(c) Give away a car.
(d) Nothing.

5. _________ troops are ordered to leave Shanghai in November of 1941, according to the story.
(a) Japanese.
(b) American.
(c) Russian.
(d) Chinese.

Short Answer Questions

1. Anna is enrolled in Oneonta _______ school when she arrives in Los Angeles during this point of the story.

2. At what university were both of the parents in this story students when they first met?

3. What does Anna call Liu and Company, one of her favorite places to go on the trips with her father?

4. Which person in the family wants to leave Shanghai, though others do not want to leave?

5. The only news that anyone receives when they are in the camp is the ________ Times and a Russian radio station.

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Anna and Joseph go to meet up with the servant, Mei Wah, in front of the hotel?

2. What is the only thing that Joseph says about his time being kidnapped?

3. What does Joseph feel about his money making opportunities outside of Shanghai?

4. What happens to the city after the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor on December 8?

5. What does Joseph tell Anna he does with the Japanese yen that she finds in a closet?

6. What does Joseph do in order to find comfort and in order to stay focused when at the internment camp?

7. Why does Genevieve tell Mei Wah to take Anna home during their shopping trip?

8. What does Joseph say when Genevieve tells him that she has purchased tickets for the family to return to the United States?

9. What happens after two Japanese are killed at the Hungjao airfield, according to the book?

10. Why are Anna and Joseph in Hsin Hung Chong during this part of the story?

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