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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: The Rabbit Dodges: Chapters 7 - 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the significance of the book, "Shanghai Girls"?
(a) It is a less savory view of the lives of some Chinese girls.
(b) It was written by the main character, Sam.
(c) It is the prequel to "Dreams of Joy".
(d) There is no significance of the book.

2. What job is Pearl given?
(a) Paper collector.
(b) Cook.
(c) Laundress.
(d) Tailor.

3. What does the interrogator force Pearl to do?
(a) Renounce her Imperialist ways.
(b) Renounce her American citizenship.
(c) Tell him everything she knows about the United States.
(d) Register all her information.

4. What does Pearl sometimes sneak and keep?
(a) Small pieces of the poster of her and May.
(b) Pieces of material.
(c) Newspaper articles about Z. G.
(d) Bits of memorabilia from her childhood in China.

5. What does Joy witness as a result of the woman's suicide?
(a) Her first public criticism.
(b) The village pelting someone with rotten fruit.
(c) A whipping.
(d) A hanging.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is waiting for Pearl in her bedroom?

2. What does the FBI want Sam to do?

3. What is Z. G. supposed to remember?

4. What do Pearl's housemates say about her when she returns from Auntie Hu's home?

5. Why did Joy's real father paint portraits of Joy's mother and aunt?

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