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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Ying-Ying end up in the water?
(a) She tried to grab a swimming snake
(b) The little boys pushed her
(c) She was frightened by firecrackers
(d) The Moon Lady drew her in

2. The mother's superstitions may have been confirmed when ___________________________.
(a) The child made it around the corner
(b) The two argued about the dangers
(c) The child's bike was broken
(d) The child fell from the bike

3. When she immigrated,what did Lena's father rename Ying-Ying?
(a) Betty
(b) Su
(c) Teresa
(d) Angel

4. Besides losing her name, Lena's mother lost ________________________.
(a) Her entire heritage
(b) Her status in China
(c) Her entire dowry
(d) Her friends

5. Lena's family moves up in status by moving _____________________________.
(a) From China to New York
(b) To a Cantonese neighborhood
(c) From Oakland to San Francisco
(d) To Little Itay

6. When she was bored, Jing-mei ________________________________.
(a) Looked at herself in the mirro
(b) Counted the foghorn bellows on the bay
(c) Read the Bible
(d) Watched her mother jump up to adjust the television

7. 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) Died while searching for her lost babies
(d) Have been found alive and well

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

9. Waverly's mother pretending to understand chess is ____________________________.
(a) Her way of bonding with her daughter
(b) Her way of appearing bright to the neighbors
(c) Annoying to Waverly
(d) Endearing to Waverly

10. Throughout the discussion between the mother and child, the mother continues to _______________.
(a) Knit
(b) Read
(c) Cook
(d) Rock in her chair

11. Rose is afraid to tell her mother about her divorce because _______________________________________.
(a) Her mother warned her not to get married
(b) She does not want to confuse her
(c) She knows her mother will want her to fix the marriage
(d) She knows her mother will disown her

12. Lindo's mother-in-law _______________________________.
(a) Isolated Lindo throughout her childhood
(b) Helped Lindo learn to read
(c) Taught Lindo to be a good housewife
(d) Raised Lindo as her own child

13. Filling out so many forms at customs, the woman _________________________________________.
(a) Forgot to take the swan with her
(b) Accidentally left the swan aboard the ship
(c) Forgot why she had come and what she left behind
(d) Forgot where she was and became confused

14. Ted is frustrated with Lena because ___________________________.
(a) She is still attached to her family
(b) She does not like his mother
(c) She cannot make a decision
(d) She wants to control the relationship

15. The winner of the American Mah Jong game takes home _________________________.
(a) City savings bonds
(b) Cash
(c) Stock certificates
(d) Leftover food

Short Answer Questions

1. In addition to strategy, Waverly learns the finer points of ___________________________.

2. The child's mother responds to the question about the twenty six gates, by _________________________________.

3. Waverly was named after ____________________________.

4. "Popo" is An-Mei's ________________________.

5. In her final attempt to find Bing, Rose's mother ___________________________________.

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