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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What pact do Adeline and her two friends make to each other?
(a) That they will escape to America together.
(b) That they will get away, stand on their own two feet and create their own destiny.
(c) That they will remain best friends forever.
(d) That they will remain in Hong Kong forever.

2. Who greets Adeline when she awakens?
(a) Aunt Baba.
(b) Nancy Chen and her mother.
(c) Father.
(d) Niang.

3. What is Adeline's favorite part of the ship?
(a) The dining room with all the delicious food choices.
(b) The sun-filled deck.
(c) The library.
(d) Their cabin.

4. Who nearly plays a trick on Ye Ye?
(a) Little Sister.
(b) Third Brother.
(c) Second Brother.
(d) Fourth Brother.

5. Who discovers that Niang learns about the gift that Big Sister is hiding from her?
(a) Aunt Baba.
(b) Little Sister.
(c) Big Sister.
(d) Adeline.

6. Where is Adeline dropped off?
(a) At an orphanage in Hong Kong.
(b) At St. Joseph's in Shanghai.
(c) At an orphanage in Beijing.
(d) At St. Joseph's in Tianjin.

7. What is the name of the ship they are sailing on?
(a) Evening Sun.
(b) China Star.
(c) Evening Star.
(d) China Hope.

8. When do Niang's plans for Big Sister come to light?
(a) On Big Sister's birthday.
(b) On Adeline's birthday.
(c) Chinese New Year 1948.
(d) On her future husband's birthday.

9. How much older is Big Sister's future husband than she?
(a) Ten years older.
(b) Thirty years older.
(c) Twice her age.
(d) Two years older.

10. What fills Adeline with dread?
(a) That Big Sister might have children.
(b) That Big Sister will be leaving.
(c) The idea of being forced into an arranged marriage.
(d) The idea of marrying someone.

11. Why does Wu Chun-mei beg Adeline to come to her house?
(a) She has never had a friend over before and wants Adeline to be the first one.
(b) She wants to give Adeline her old clothes.
(c) She is having a birthday party.
(d) She wants her to run away from her house.

12. How does Adeline feel after winning the class presidency?
(a) Terrified that Niang will find out.
(b) On top of the world.
(c) Hopeful that she can now get a scholarship and leave.
(d) Angry that she will have more responsibilities now.

13. How many people attend Big Sister's wedding?
(a) Thirty.
(b) One hundred.
(c) Five hundred.
(d) Three hundred.

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

15. How does the family decide which child will sleep on the cot?
(a) They give it to the boy, Victor.
(b) They let the oldest child, Victor, have it.
(c) They play rocks, paper, scissors.
(d) They draw lots.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who sleeps in the bed next to Adeline at her new location?

2. Where does Ye Ye go every morning at eight o'clock?

3. Where do the Shillings travel after they leave Hong Kong?

4. What does Adeline wish with all her heart as she stays in her room?

5. Why is Adeline put in classes with younger students?

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