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

2. Genevieve tells Anna that according to newspaper articles, Joseph was released from prison and is now in __________.
(a) Tokyo.
(b) Hong Kong.
(c) Shanghai.
(d) New York.

3. What does Anna receive from Joseph in the months after her mother's death?
(a) A shoe.
(b) A ring.
(c) A brief letter.
(d) A gift certificate.

4. When Anna graduates _________, her family takes her out to a famous Hollywood restaurant.
(a) High school.
(b) College.
(c) Grammar school.
(d) Junior high.

5. Anna begins to work at the ________ library after she graduates from college and is married.
(a) San Marino.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) Pasadena.
(d) Orange County.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who walks away from the conversation between Anna and Joseph at the funeral?

2. What is in the small teak box that Anna receives from her father after the birth of her second daughter?

3. The Communists view Joseph's business as a form of ___________, so he is under investigation.

4. Who refuses to leave Hong Kong, which causes him to be arrested?

5. What kind of watch does Anna's Gran give to her when she graduates?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Genevieve wish for her life once she finds out she is sick?

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

3. What doesn't Anna talk about as a part of her social life in South Pasadena?

4. What does Anna hear her father tell her mother after he comes back to the house after the run-in at the restaurant?

5. Where do Jack and Anna live once they are married after she graduates from college?

6. What is the job Joseph is offered by a Shanghai friend, General Shang Chen?

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

8. What happens when Joseph writes frequently and sends gifts at Christmas to Anna?

9. What happens when Genevieve and Anna decide to go to eat at Jimmy's?

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

(see the answer keys)

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