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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who nearly runs into Niang, listening covertly outside the bedroom door?
(a) Second Brother.
(b) Adeline.
(c) Big Sister.
(d) Third Brother.

2. What injury does Big Sister have?
(a) Her left arm was paralyzed from a birth injury.
(b) She is missing fingers on her left hand.
(c) She has a clubbed foot.
(d) She is dyslexic.

3. What does Big Brother try to teach Adeline to do, but no matter how hard she tries, she fails?
(a) Read.
(b) Sing a complicated tune.
(c) Whistle.
(d) Snap her fingers.

4. How old is Adeline's stepmother, Niang, when she marries Adeline's father?
(a) Seventeen.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Eighteen.
(d) Sixteen.

5. Who helps Adeline to bury PLT?
(a) Third Brother.
(b) Niang.
(c) Big Sister.
(d) Aunt Baba.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Adeline's father give her after she gets lost?

5. How does Adeline remember her telephone number?

Short Essay Questions

1. How many children do Father and Niang have together?

2. Describe how Adeline gets to school on her first day.

3. How does Adeline acquire food for PLT?

4. Describe Adeline's relationship with PLT.

5. Describe the difference in clothing between Adeline and her siblings versus Little Brother and Little Sister's new clothing.

6. What does Adeline realize is somehow related to the new hierarchy of her family since Nai Nai's death?

7. What does Aunt Baba do whenever something bad happens to Adeline?

8. How do Second Brother and Big Sister react to Adeline's medal at the dinner table?

9. Why does Adeline come home with a medal on her uniform?

10. Where does Ye Ye take Adeline, Big Sister, Big Brother and Second Brother six weeks after Nai Nai's funeral?

(see the answer keys)

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