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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 20, 21 and 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which one of these family members does not live with Adeline?
(a) Grandmother Nai Nai.
(b) Aunt Reine.
(c) Aunt Baba.
(d) Grandfather Ye Ye.

2. What does Adeline do during a reading of King Lear in class?
(a) She falls asleep.
(b) She plugs her ears and begins to hum.
(c) She bursts out crying.
(d) She screams and runs out of the room.

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

4. What does Niang do after overhearing the conspiracy between the siblings?
(a) She moves Big Sister to the second floor.
(b) She sends all of the children away.
(c) She calls them all liars in front of their Father that night at dinner.
(d) She sends Adeline to a convent.

5. Why is their election unusual?
(a) It is the first year they have permitted a class president.
(b) They are permitted to elect their president democratically as in the United States of America.
(c) They are only allowed to have an election once every five years.
(d) They will only allow a girl to win.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aunt Baba notice about Adeline as soon as she gets home from school?

2. What does Aunt Baba request from Father and Niang?

3. What sickness plagues Ye Ye?

4. When do Niang's plans for Big Sister come to light?

5. Why does Adeline realize that she is all alone and no one is looking out for her?

(see the answer key)

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