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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 Alby say his mother died from?
(a) Influenza.
(b) Cholera.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Polio.

2. What is Dorothy's middle name?
(a) Faye.
(b) Zoe.
(c) Catherine.
(d) Margaret.

3. Where does Louis's mother live?
(a) Denver.
(b) Boise.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Spokane.

4. For the performance that Hannington touts as Afong's final performance before she returns to China, what grand cash prize is he offering in a drawing in Chapter 11?
(a) $1,000.
(b) $200.
(c) $500.
(d) $100.

5. When Dorothy comes out of the restroom in Chapter 16, what is a band playing?
(a) Ellla Fitzgerald.
(b) Louis Armstrong.
(c) Glenn Miller.
(d) Benny Goodman.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Alby introduces herself to Lai King, how long does he say it has been since his mother died?

2. At what hospital was Annabel born?

3. Where does Alby stay when he is in steerage?

4. In Chapter 11, who does Afong see in a nightmare?

5. Where does Dorothy remember her mother voluntarily comitted herself?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dorothy remember about her mother's love life and her father?

2. What news does Nanchoy tell Afong when Afong receives a reply to the letters she has sent home?

3. Where does Lai King stay on the ship and what is it like?

4. What does Dorothy remember doing when she was 14 and ran away from a temporary foster home?

5. What does Sam do for the first lunch date he has with Greta?

6. How does Greta lose her job and Sam?

7. Why is Afong the first Chinese woman Nanchoy has ever seen?

8. What is Louis's mother like?

9. What does Afong remember and what is she told about the examination by the doctors?

10. After the weather improves, what food do Alby and Lai King share?

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