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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Rose Hsu Jordan, "Half and Half".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Lena's mother speaks to her in Chinese, Lena ____________________________________.
(a) Does not repeat some of what her mother says
(b) Writes down everything and translates it later
(c) Tries to pretend she does not understand
(d) Translates for her father accuratey and succinctly

2. Auntie had a tongue "like hungry scissors _________________________.
(a) cutting a colorless winter melon."
(b) tearing at the heart."
(c) eating silk cloth."
(d) cutting my confidence."

3. Lindo became aware of who she really was when ________________________________.
(a) She saw herself on her wedding day
(b) She went to the river and slept
(c) She first saw Tyan-yu
(d) Concentrated on becoming pregnant

4. Ying-Ying's family is __________________.
(a) A poor family of servants
(b) Well-to-do
(c) A boat family
(d) A fishing family

5. Rose's mother admitted to God that _______________________.
(a) Rose had not taught Bing manners
(b) She had sacred powers
(c) They had been careless
(d) Their was an ancestral debt

Short Answer Questions

1. The only father An-Mei knows is ___________________.

2. An-Mei lives in the house owned by ___________________________.

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

4. The mother's superstitions may have been confirmed when ___________________________.

5. When she immigrated,what did Lena's father rename Ying-Ying?

(see the answer key)

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