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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the piece of wood smell like when the girls burn it?
(a) Mold.
(b) Perfume.
(c) A gas leak.
(d) A corpse.

2. According to Maxine's mother, what flies out of the mail when she opens it?
(a) Unwelcome dust.
(b) The wisdom of her ancestors.
(c) The smell of China.
(d) Memories from her birthplace.

3. How does Brave Orchid view her sister when Moon Orchid first arrives?
(a) Sloppy and messy-looking.
(b) Sharp and witty.
(c) Delicate and high-class.
(d) Old and disconnected.

4. What illness does Maxine get while at her parent's house?
(a) A spider headache.
(b) A pain in her heart.
(c) Whooping cough.
(d) A fever and delirium.

5. What document does Maxine's mother have mailed to America?
(a) Her husband's birth certificate.
(b) Her birth certificate.
(c) Her medical diploma.
(d) Her marriage license.

6. Which of these is not an option Brave Orchid presents to Moon Orchid for jobs?
(a) Working as a maid.
(b) Working at a restaurant in Chinatown.
(c) Working in the canneries.
(d) Working as a bank teller.

7. What gift does Moon Orchid bring for Brave Orchid?
(a) Chinese herbs.
(b) A dress.
(c) Family photographs.
(d) Fancy paper.

8. What does Maxine's mother make for people to end infertility?
(a) Totems.
(b) Roots.
(c) Soup.
(d) Salves.

9. How does Moon Orchid interact with the narrator?
(a) The narrator is Moon Orchid's favorite of all of the children.
(b) The narrator is the only American Moon Orchid will talk to.
(c) Moon Orchid treats the narrator like all of Brave Orchid's children.
(d) Moon Orchid is outspokenly afraid of the narrator.

10. What occupation does Moon Orchid's husband have?
(a) He is a brain surgeon.
(b) He is a nurse.
(c) He is an emergency medical technician.
(d) He is a pediatrician.

11. How much does Maxine's mother say the slave girl cost?
(a) 200 dollars.
(b) 100 dollars.
(c) 250 dollars.
(d) 50 dollars.

12. What does Maxine's mother do after unpacking at medical school?
(a) She drinks tea.
(b) She goes out to dinner.
(c) She begins reading.
(d) She writes home.

13. What gift does Moon Orchid bring from Lovely Orchid?
(a) Shoes.
(b) Cloth.
(c) Spices.
(d) Sweets.

14. With whom does Maxine's mother live while she attends medical school?
(a) Her parents.
(b) Two other girls.
(c) Five other girls.
(d) Her husband.

15. What does Moon Orchid notice about the walls in Brave Orchid's home that is unacceptable in China?
(a) There are family photographs on the walls.
(b) There are dolls hanging on the walls.
(c) There are curtains on the windows.
(d) There is wallpaper on the walls.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does immigration ask Maxine's mother about the narrator's father?

2. What does Maxine's mother bring to the haunted room at the school at night?

3. What is one thing Moon Orchid learns to do at the laundry?

4. What does the slave girl say she would do if she lost a gold watch in a field?

5. In Brave Orchid's story of the emperor with four wives, which of the four wives does Brave Orchid feel Moon Orchid is most similar to?

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