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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 Moon Shadow and his father do while on a picnic?
(a) Fly kites.
(b) Practice English.
(c) Write letters.
(d) Sing songs.

2. Who distracts Windrider from his depression?
(a) Miss Whitlaw.
(b) White Deer.
(c) Bright Star.
(d) Robin.

3. What causes Bright Star to leave the city?
(a) The building begins to crumble.
(b) The company members threaten to stay as well.
(c) The police force him out.
(d) The fire gets dangerously close to the building.

4. What does Windrider devote his time to after the earthquake?
(a) Helping Miss Whitlaw.
(b) Building his flying machine.
(c) Rebuilding the city.
(d) Getting his education.

5. Who helps Windrider build something in the back yard of the new home?
(a) Robin.
(b) Moon Shadow.
(c) All of these.
(d) Miss Whitlaw.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Miss Whitlaw move after the earthquake?

2. Why does Moon Shadow write a letter to someone?

3. How did Mother teach Moon Shadow to treat others?

4. How does the narrator describe Windrider's feelings about leaving Chinatown?

5. What did the people have to wait for to return to the city?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Windrider choose to do after the earthquake?

2. How does Windrider convince Bright Star to leave the Company after the earthquake?

3. Why do children in the new area taunt Moon Shadow?

4. How does Windrider test the science of the Wright flying machine?

5. How is Windrider supported as he tries out his flying machine for the first time?

6. Why is Bright Star so adamant about not leaving the Company after the earthquake?

7. What does the military do with the Tangs after the earthquake?

8. What goes wrong during Windrider's first time in the flying machine?

9. What does Miss Whitlaw do after the earthquake, and why?

10. Why does Windrider not build a second flying machine?

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