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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. What does Big Sister suggest after hearing Third Brother's revelation?
(a) To run away.
(b) To confront Niang.
(c) To confront Niang and their Father simultaneously.
(d) To deny everything.

2. What does Adeline's father give her after she gets lost?
(a) A flashlight.
(b) A compass.
(c) A spanking.
(d) A map.

3. What does Third Brother tell his siblings about Niang?
(a) That she overheard their entire plan to write the letter to Father.
(b) That she is having an affair.
(c) That she is crippled.
(d) That she favors him above the others.

4. How much younger is Niang than Adeline's father?
(a) Fifteen years.
(b) Fourteen years.
(c) Twenty years.
(d) Seventeen years.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long is Adeline allowed to wear her medal?

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

3. How does Adeline remember her telephone number?

4. How long has Adeline been in school at the start of Chapter 1?

5. What is Adeline's favorite fruit?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Father give her a map and why is it significant?

2. Why does the family consider Adeline to be bad luck?

3. How does Adeline acquire food for PLT?

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

5. Name Adeline's siblings and their ages at the time of her birth.

6. Why were Nai Nai's feet bound in such a way?

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

8. Why are Adeline and Wu Chen-mei perfect friends?

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

10. What mysteriously happens shortly after the Japanese start to look for Father at his house?

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