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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. The grandmother wonders aloud whether ____________________________________________.
(a) The baby has come from a royal place with Buddha
(b) She sees negative things in others because she has them herself
(c) The baby is laughing at her or with her
(d) She is truly innocent or holds many secrets inside

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. An-Mei's mother told her a story of a tear-eating __________________.

5. The mother has purchased a new mirror at _______________________.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. "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.

4. It becomes more obvious in this chapter the kinds of adults that Jing-Mei and Waverly have grown into. Who is more likable?

5. The fact that June Woo's mother has searched for a lifetime for her two daughters, and then dies before she can see them again, is strongly ironic. How might the story have been different if she had lived to make the trip to China and reunited with her daughters?

6. Did Lena's mother knock the table over that shattered the vase in her bedroom?

7. Does Rose grow in this chapter?

8. In this chapter we learn the origin of Bing's name. What is it?

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

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

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