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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Jing-Mei Woo, "Best Quality".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Jing-mei justify her defiance of her mother?
(a) Her mother had left her babies
(b) They are in America, not China
(c) She knows her mother is wrong
(d) Obedience does not make talent

2. Ying Ying was disappointed to find out the Moon Lady in the play _________________________________.
(a) Was only an actress
(b) Was a figment of her imagination
(c) Could not grant wishes
(d) Was actually a man

3. Waverly has an ignorant fear of Jing-mei's hairdresser _______________________________.
(a) Because he is reckless
(b) Because he is gay
(c) Because he works on Howard Street
(d) Because she fears for her daughter

4. The symbolic burning of the Five Evils was actually ___________________________.
(a) A cooling ritual
(b) A box containing insects
(c) A green coil of burning incense
(d) A box with Five Evils inside

5. What was Ying-Ying's unspoken wish?
(a) To be found
(b) To become old
(c) To not be afraid
(d) To be trusted

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Ying-Ying's rescuers determine she was not a beggar?

2. What young Jing-Mei senses is that she will soon _________________________.

3. Waverly chooses the best crab on the platter for _______________________.

4. Suyuan Woo compares Waverly to a crab, saying she _________________________________________.

5. Ying-Ying feels that both she and her grown daughter are ______________.

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