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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 was the name of the dog trainer who trained Jackie?
(a) Walter.
(b) Hans.
(c) Rupert.
(d) Jack.

2. When did Adeline begin kindergarten?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1943.
(d) 1941.

3. What time did Adeline and her siblings gather to hear the reading of their father's will?
(a) 5:30 p.m.
(b) 4:30 p.m.
(c) 3:30 p.m.
(d) 2:30 p.m.

4. How far was Sacred Heart primary school from Adeline's home?
(a) 1 1/2 miles.
(b) 1 3/4 miles.
(c) 3/4 mile.
(d) 1/2 mile.

5. How old was Lydia when she married Samuel?
(a) 20.
(b) 17.
(c) 19.
(d) 18.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many eggs did Gregory use to make an omelet when Father and Niang went to Tianjin?

2. After the wedding, how long was it before Adeline saw her sister again?

3. When Ye Ye married, how old was his bride?

4. When did the Manchu dynasty come to an end?

5. What nationalities were Jeanne's parents?

Short Essay Questions

1. What business did Grand Aunt's eldest brother establish?

2. In the late 1920s, how was Shanghai different from the rest of China?

3. Why did the other girls begin to overlook Adeline's poverty?

4. What happened when a group of girls from Adeline's school came to her house after Adeline became class president?

5. Why, even at the time the book was written, did Shanghai's architecture reflect the influence of foreign traders?

6. What were the burial rites for Adeline's grandmother?

7. What was Hong Kong like in 1949?

8. Why didn't Aunt Baba tell Grand Aunt the real reason why she wanted her old job back?

9. What happened in 1939 when dikes on the Yellow River were deliberately dynamited?

10. What did Lydia and Samuel do when Father ordered them to move out of his house in Tianjin?

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