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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The sisters in China were told their mother was dead by __________________.
(a) A phone call from Auntie An-Mei
(b) A letter from Auntie Lindo
(c) A telegram from Jing-Mei's father
(d) Jing-Mei

2. Old Mr. Chou is ___________________________________.
(a) An old friend of An-Mei's
(b) A Chinese fortune teller
(c) A fantasy figure from the world of sleep
(d) A neighbor who tends Rose's garden

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

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

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

6. What the daughter sees in the mirror is _____________________.
(a) Her mother's face and her own
(b) Her own face
(c) Her mother's face
(d) Her future granchild's face

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

8. Lindo's oldest son, Winston, ___________________________.
(a) Went to college and became a doctor
(b) Is a Chinese Baptist
(c) Went away to school
(d) Died in a car accident at sixteen

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

10. The grandmother wonders if the child is laughing because __________________________________.
(a) She knows her grandmother has become evil
(b) She knows more about the world than most
(c) Buddha is teaching her to laugh for no reason
(d) She is seeing her grandmother's suspicious nose

11. Waverly had to become ill before her mother would _____________________________-.
(a) Forbid her to play
(b) Speak to her again
(c) Feed her again
(d) Encourage her to play

12. Lindo is disappointed that she could not __________________________________.
(a) Teach her daughter to do things the easy way
(b) Instill Chinese character in her daughter
(c) Teach her daughter how to better speak Chinese
(d) Get her daughter to give up American ways

13. Rose finds the imagery of Ted doing monkey business __________________.
(a) Humorous
(b) Disgusting
(c) Outrageous
(d) Unnerving

14. Ying-Ying feels that aborting her baby was ______________________.
(a) A mortal sin
(b) A weak moment
(c) An act of strength
(d) An immature act

15. In the mirror, the mother sees ______________________________.
(a) Her future grandchild's face
(b) Her future grandchild on her lap
(c) Her daughter and husband happy
(d) A new armoire

Short Answer Questions

1. The characters in this parable are ______________________________.

2. Suyuan Woo feels that by wearing the jade pendant, Jing-mei will _____________________________.

3. An-Mei's brother cannot come with their mother because _______________________________.

4. An-Mei finds that in Tientsin, she has a __________________.

5. Why did Lena feel she caused Arnold's death?

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