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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What two things does Father forget about Adeline?
(a) Her favorite pet and her birthday.
(b) Her favorite pet and her Chinese name.
(c) Her birthday and her age.
(d) Her Chinese name and her birthday.

3. Which one of these things is NOT handed out to the class by Adeline's rival, Chen Lei-lei?
(a) Pencils.
(b) Beef jerky.
(c) Dragon eyes.
(d) Bookmarks.

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

5. 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.

6. Who does Adeline eat dinner with on Christmas Day?
(a) Nancy Chen.
(b) No one.
(c) Aunt Baba.
(d) Mother Natalie.

7. Why does Adeline have to leave?
(a) She doesn't want to eat the cake.
(b) She has ripped her dress.
(c) She is expected home at lunchtime.
(d) She is embarrassed that she did not bring a gift.

8. What is the one thing Adeline wishes would come true?
(a) To have a letter addressed to her, from anyone.
(b) To never return to her family again.
(c) To speak English as well as an American.
(d) To escape to America.

9. To whom will Big Sister be married?
(a) Dr. Lui, a business associate of her Father's.
(b) Niang's former math teacher.
(c) Someone from their church.
(d) Dr. Sung's son, Samuel.

10. How old is Big Sister when she is married?
(a) Seventeen.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Eighteen.

11. Hong Kong is a ______ colony at the time Adeline lives there.
(a) Japanese.
(b) British.
(c) French.
(d) Chinese.

12. What surprise does Adeline make in her speech?
(a) That Wu Chen-mei should really be the president.
(b) That she comes from an abusive, broken family.
(c) That she refuses to lead her class.
(d) That her mother is dead.

13. Which languages are highlighted in Hong Kong?
(a) English and Chinese.
(b) English and Spanish.
(c) French and English.
(d) French and Chinese.

14. Which board game do the children play while traveling?
(a) Monopoly.
(b) Backgammon.
(c) Life.
(d) Sorry.

15. Who meets them at the airport?
(a) Niang's former teacher.
(b) Niang's brother Pierre Prosperi.
(c) Ye Ye.
(d) Big Sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Father and Niang take Adeline?

2. What does Big Sister receive from her Grand Aunt?

3. How does the family decide which child will sleep on the cot?

4. What fills Adeline with dread?

5. Who discovers that Niang learns about the gift that Big Sister is hiding from her?

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