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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Ying-Ying St. Clair, "The Moon Lady".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The only father An-Mei knows is ___________________.
(a) Popo's husband
(b) Her uncle
(c) The one in a large portrait
(d) Her mother's husband

2. An-Mei's mother left her behind in order to _____________________________________________.
(a) Save her from her new husband's disregard
(b) Save An-Mei from her own humiliated station in life
(c) Have her raised by a woman who was more stable
(d) Let her have a life with her younger brother

3. An-Mei Hsu grew up with ___________________________________.
(a) Her auntie and uncle
(b) Her grandmother and her little brother
(c) Her mother and father
(d) Her father and her little brother

4. Jeing-mei learns that her mother's lost babies ______________________________________.
(a) Wished she had not raised her in America
(b) Died a very poor woman
(c) Have been found alive and well
(d) Died while searching for her lost babies

5. In Chinese culture, respect for one's ancestors is called ___________.
(a) Ni
(b) Shou
(c) Ching
(d) Nuyer

Short Answer Questions

1. The old woman who buys a swan eventually _____________________________.

2. The event that clouds An-Mei's early memory of her mother was _________________________________________________.

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

4. The woman's plans for the swan involve _________________________________.

5. The old woman wants to use perfect English to explain ________________________________.

(see the answer key)

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