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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. __________ liberation army and the Chinese Nationalist troops are the two factions at war.
(a) Mao's Peoples.
(b) People's.
(c) Japanese.
(d) Chinese.

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

3. Anna starts her new life at _________ High School, where she decides never to talk about Shanghai again.
(a) South Pasadena.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) North Pasadena.
(d) Beverly Hills.

4. Who walks away from the conversation between Anna and Joseph at the funeral?
(a) Joseph.
(b) Neither.
(c) Anna.
(d) They don't talk.

5. Who refuses to leave Hong Kong, which causes him to be arrested?
(a) Mei Wah.
(b) Chung Do.
(c) Joseph.
(d) William Masters.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Genevieve tells Joseph that he needs to __________, but when he doesn't, she becomes upset.

3. Who hosts a party to celebrate Anna and her husband's first wedding anniversary?

4. _______ decides at this point of the book that she will never allow Joseph in her life again.

5. What does Joseph stage before he is shipped to Vancouver in order to get him out the country?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Joseph learn about his finances on New Year's Day 1949?

2. What is Anna's response to Genevieve's request that Anna forgive her father?

3. What does Joseph end up telling Anna about the reason why they will not be living together in Shanghai?

4. What happens when Anna decides to read about her mother's diagnosis at the library?

5. What does Joseph find when he returns to his office on Yuen Thing Yuen Road?

6. What does Genevieve tell Anna about when she calls her in January 1954?

7. What happens when Joseph opens the house on Hungjoa during this part of the story?

8. What does Joseph include in a brief letter to Anna in the months after Genevieve's funeral?

9. What experience does Anna and Genevieve share when they go to breakfast after mass one Sunday?

10. What does Joseph's journalist friend confirm about the movement Joseph sees one night?

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