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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. Joseph finally decides to close down the house in the ________ of 1941 in order to meet up with his daughter and wife.
(a) Fall.
(b) Winter.
(c) Summer.
(d) Spring.

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

3. _______ thinks the city is different with all of the Japanese sentries in place, according to the book.
(a) Anna.
(b) Genevieve.
(c) Mei Wah.
(d) Joseph.

4. What begins to return to normal after the Japanese take over in Shanghai?
(a) Life.
(b) Nothing.
(c) School.
(d) Anna's fever.

5. What does Anna give back to her father, thinking that she might have been the one who started the war?
(a) Book.
(b) Note.
(c) Picture.
(d) Yen.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At the age of six, Anna knows enough about kidnappings to know that they have to __________.

3. What does Joseph begin to deal in when the new government takes over in Shanghai?

4. Who begins to dress differently and to act differently than they used to in Shanghai?

5. Joseph says that he can't make _________ by leaving Shanghai at this point in time.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who are the two men that are put in charge of two different groups of internees at the camp?

5. How did Anna's parents meet before deciding to get married and have a child together?

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

7. What is the new business that Joseph becomes involved in once the Japanese have taken over?

8. Why does Anna's father spend the night sitting beside Anna's bed?

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

10. Why does Gran tell Anna that things will get better, after Anna and her mother have moved to California?

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