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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lindo is ashamed that Waverly _________________________.
(a) Thinks she needs to have her hair done
(b) Looks so much like her
(c) Does not like her purple tinted hair
(d) Is not proud of her

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

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

4. Waverly chooses the best crab on the platter for _______________________.
(a) June Woo
(b) Herself
(c) Her fiance, Rich
(d) Her daugher, Shoshanna

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Rich's reaction to his unintended insults toward Lindo was _________________________________________.

2. What does the jade pendant symbolize?

3. The grandmother imagines the baby in this parable to be ________________________.

4. Lena and Harold are both _________________.

5. Ted makes the assumption that ______________________-.

Short Essay Questions

1. "Peach blossom luck" is a feng shui belief that certain objects and angles in a room will influence the happiness and longevity of a marriage. Discuss why or why not this might be possible.

2. Why did An-Mei feel she had no choice but to marry Wu Tsing?

3. Does Rose grow in this chapter?

4. Why does Lena have such a strange financial relationship with Harold?

5. What does Jing-Mei's mother mean when she says that everyone else, with the exception of Jing-Mei, wants the best quality? How is Jing-Mei different?

6. What is the lesson the woman is trying to impart, and the question she is wanting to have answered?

7. Ying-Ying's story is vast and complex, and one that her daughter has never known or understood. Why, in this chapter, has she decided to tell Lena everything about her life?

8. How does it affect Jing-Mei to meet her long lost sisters in China?

9. What is the purpose of a mother trying to impose her own values on her daughter's life?

10. Discuss what is meant in this chapter by "double face."

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