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

2. What does Joseph tell Anna the gendarmes are looking for in the city?
(a) Yen.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A piece of paper.
(d) Her shoes.

3. What is the name of the better quarters in which Joseph and the other leaders are housed?
(a) Barrow.
(b) Yarrow.
(c) Blight.
(d) Office.

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

5. What is the first place Genevieve and Joseph live after they have graduated college?
(a) Shanghai.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) Chicago.
(d) New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who regards the house on Jungjoa as a temporary home, according to the book?

2. Joseph is moved to the ______ hotel, where he learns that all foreigner assets have been frozen, as well as bank accounts.

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

4. What is the road on which the big shopping area is located, according to the book?

5. Joseph finds out that the bombings in the city had been a/an ____________.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Joseph do with Anna when they go to the Foreign Correspondents Club on Saturday mornings?

3. What does Anna begin to notice about her mother after living in Los Angeles for a while?

4. What do Anna and Genevieve do when they go to mass at the Cathedral of St. Ignatius?

5. How does Anna's mother feel about their home in Shanghai at the start of the book?

6. What do the men at the internment camp find out about the Japanese?

7. What does Joseph tell Anna about Japan when she asks him to point out the words on the world globe?

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

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

10. When does the family share an emotional goodbye before Anna and Genevieve start their journey to Los Angeles?

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