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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 plan did the women make together?
(a) To run away to another country.
(b) To become connected by marriage.
(c) To swap around their grandchildren.
(d) To open their own school together.

2. Who was the most eager to find a foreign life?
(a) Ailin herself.
(b) Ailin's granddaughter Ying.
(c) Ailin's husband.
(d) Ailin's only son.

3. What is Ying responsible for buying?
(a) Books and paper.
(b) Award trophies.
(c) Ingredients for dinner.
(d) Tablecloths and napkins.

4. How did Mrs. Mo lose her husband?
(a) He died in a traffic accident.
(b) He was seduced by a younger woman.
(c) He went to work and never came back.
(d) He was jailed for tax evasion.

5. How does Mr. Chang know that his nickname will stick?
(a) There was a vote.
(b) It was written on his car.
(c) His mother likes it.
(d) Everybody laughed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the girl not foresee?

2. Why is Meilan considered an opportunist by her siblings?

3. What does not comfort the girl?

4. What does the girl buy in the store?

5. Which author's books does Mrs. Mo have a full collection of?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the girl's situation?

2. Why is the woman unmarried?

3. How does the story end?

4. How are the views of the old man and girl similar?

5. What is Number Three, Garden Road about?

6. Why does the old man approach the girl?

7. What is the nature of their secrets?

8. Why is Ailin alone?

9. What does she do next?

10. What is the effect of the promise?

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