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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 sees a group of ________ loading packages onto a freighter and wonders if this is the process of gold being moved.
(a) Children.
(b) Stoogies.
(c) Women.
(d) Coolies.

2. In what city do Anna and her husband live, close to her family?
(a) South Pasadena.
(b) Culver City.
(c) San Diego.
(d) Laguna Beach.

3. What does Anna do with the money that she receives from selling the gift Joseph gets her?
(a) Burns it.
(b) Donates it to church.
(c) Buys a car.
(d) Sends it back.

4. What is the new spelling of Anna and Genevieve's last name, according to this section of the book?
(a) Scone.
(b) Shoene.
(c) Schoen.
(d) Shone.

5. What does Joseph invite Anna and the baby to, which she accepts?
(a) To tea.
(b) To dinner.
(c) Lunch.
(d) To live with him.

Short Answer Questions

1. When is Anna's baby due, which is when Genevieve hopes to live until?

2. What does Joseph obtain in order to begin to import cars and trucks into the country?

3. ___________ has begun to take place in China, causing more conflict in the area and more troubles for those living there.

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

5. Genevieve and Anna leave Shanghai on October ____, 1946, never to return, they believe.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Anna tell Jack on the day of her 25th birthday?

2. What happens as a result of the investigations by the Communist government?

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

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

5. What is not in the letter that Genevieve receives from Joseph in May of 1942?

6. What do prisoners have to do as a part of their imprisonment by the Communist government?

7. What does Joseph do when the government orders him to leave Hong Kong?

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

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