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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Suyuan Woo compares Waverly to a crab, saying she _________________________________________.
(a) Is always moving sideways and crooked
(b) She is missing something, like the crab's leg
(c) Her claws are sharp but slow, like the crab
(d) She is without feelings, like the crab

2. In Peking, Lindo paid a Chinese girl to ____________________________.
(a) Teach her Chinese embroidery
(b) Show her how to be an American
(c) Teach her how to be a mother
(d) Show her how to be a better Chinese wife

3. Rose Hu's confession that her marriage is ending prompts An-Mei to __________________________________-.
(a) Beg Rose to not lose hope
(b) Compare her to her aunt
(c) Become depressed, as she was in childhood
(d) Relive the memories of her childhood

4. Ying-Ying feels that her daughter's home _________________________.
(a) Has no life in it
(b) Is cold and unfriendly
(c) Is boring and dull
(d) Is too fancy

5. Rose being "without wood" symbolizes ________________________.
(a) Her lack of furniture
(b) Her weak nature
(c) Her
(d) Her lack of a home

6. The mother has purchased a new mirror at _______________________.
(a) The Price Club
(b) Dollar Store
(c) Macy's
(d) Twice Used Store

7. Lindo knows that Chinese people will know that her daughter ___________________.
(a) Is well-to-do
(b) Is not Chinese
(c) Is highly educated
(d) Is a good wife

8. An-Mei's mother was not always a fourth wife, but was once a _______________________.
(a) First wife of a scholar
(b) Second wife of a villager
(c) Model in Tientsin
(d) First wife of a poor servant

9. Jing-Mei Woo travels to China with ____________________-.
(a) Her children
(b) Her father
(c) Her sisters
(d) Her aunties

10. An-Mei's brother cannot come with their mother because _______________________________.
(a) His aunt and uncle forbid it
(b) Boys must stay home to care for their aunts
(c) He would lose any hope for a future
(d) She has not invited him to follow her

11. An-Mei's mother told her a story of a tear-eating __________________.
(a) Bird of joy
(b) Turtle
(c) Popo
(d) Little pond

12. The grandmother admits that she ______________________________-.
(a) Taught her daughter to be suspicious
(b) Knows she will live forever
(c) Taught her daughter to shed her innocence
(d) Taught her daughter to be free

13. Suyuan Woo feels that by wearing the jade pendant, Jing-mei will _____________________________.
(a) Have stronger self-esteem
(b) Find a good relationship
(c) Understand her life's importance
(d) Be a good daughter

14. Clifford St. Clair's gifts to Ying-Ying were ___________________________.
(a) A reflection of his personality
(b) Ridiculous and tawdry
(c) Cheap compared to the wealth to which she is accustomed
(d) Bought from local merchants

15. The vase that breaks in the bedroom symbolizes _____________________________.
(a) The separation of two halves
(b) Harold's insensitivity
(c) Lena and Harold's marriage
(d) Lena's mother's prophecy

Short Answer Questions

1. Lena and Harold are both _________________.

2. An-Mei's mother makes life in Tientsin sound __________________________________.

3. Why will a second mirror help the daughter?

4. During an epidemic in Shanghai, Ying-Ying worked in ____________________.

5. Old Mr. Chou is ___________________________________.

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