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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Waverly gives up chess for good because she ________________________________-.
(a) No longer believes she has a gift
(b) Lost track of her strategy
(c) Begins to lose tournaments
(d) Is tired of dealing with her mother

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

3. During the war, it was not well-known that the Japanese entered ________________________.
(a) Guanhzhou
(b) Shanghai
(c) Chungking
(d) Kweilin

4. Jing-Mei's paternal aunt and her father speak ____________________.
(a) English
(b) The Mandarin dialect
(c) Sechuan
(d) The Cantonese dialect

5. Lindo disapproves of Waverly's mink because ___________________________.
(a) She does not believe in animal furs
(b) She feels it is too cheap
(c) The individual hairs are uneven
(d) She thinks it is too extravagant

6. What does the jade pendant symbolize?
(a) Fertility
(b) Pomegranates
(c) Three pears
(d) We do not know

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

8. Ying-Ying's name means _____________________.
(a) Quiet Spirit
(b) Timid Bird
(c) Flying Tiger
(d) Clear Reflection

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

10. Rich's reaction to his unintended insults toward Lindo was _________________________________________.
(a) He was loyal to Waverly
(b) He thinks they do not like him
(c) He never realized he had done anything wrong
(d) He admitted his bleak failure

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

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

13. For dinner, Jing-mei and Canning share with his relatives ____________________________.
(a) Hamburgers, fries and apple pie
(b) Peking duck and noodles
(c) Soup in a carved melon
(d) Chicken wrapped in clay

14. Three days of sleeping may have given Rose _________________.
(a) A new strength
(b) A break from work
(c) New nightmares about Ted
(d) A deeper sense of confusion

15. Lena is certain her mother is able to _________________________.
(a) See all the bad things around her
(b) See the future
(c) Read tea leaves
(d) Figure things out

Short Answer Questions

1. Waverly had to become ill before her mother would _____________________________-.

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

3. Lindo is ashamed that Waverly _________________________.

4. Rich Schields makes several mistakes at dinner, the worst being ___________________________________.

5. Why will a second mirror help the daughter?

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