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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9 and 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the siblings plan to do after they receive their gifts?
(a) Write a letter in Chinese and send it to their Father in the mail.
(b) Go on a hunger strike.
(c) Give the gifts back.
(d) Refuse to go to school any longer.

2. Why did mothers bind their little girls' feet?
(a) They thought it was better for their health.
(b) No man would marry a woman with large, unbound feet.
(c) They thought women shouldn't walk.
(d) They didn't think women should have feet.

3. How long is Adeline allowed to wear her medal?
(a) Seven days.
(b) Four days.
(c) Two days.
(d) One day.

4. Who picks Adeline up from school after her first day?
(a) No one.
(b) Second Brother.
(c) Big Sister.
(d) Niang.

5. Why are the brothers' haircuts much worse than the sisters'?
(a) They are forced to have long, curly locks.
(b) They have to wear it in the military style.
(c) They are forced to grow a ponytail.
(d) They are shaved bald in the style of Buddhist Monks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these adjectives does NOT describe Big Sister and Adeline's haircuts?

2. What does Big Brother try to teach Adeline to do, but no matter how hard she tries, she fails?

3. Where is the train headed?

4. Why are the siblings mad about their new gift?

5. Niang is half Chinese and half __________.

(see the answer key)

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