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

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

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

4. The pastor, Wing, was a __________________________-.
(a) A longtime friend of Rose's mother
(b) A convicted criminal
(c) A childhood friend of Ted's
(d) Childhood friend of Rose's brother

5. Canning Woo's nickname, Syau Yen, means __________________.
(a) Little ghost
(b) Small fox
(c) Happy boy
(d) Little Wild Goose

Short Answer Questions

1. During the war, it was not well-known that the Japanese entered ________________________.

2. Rose being "without wood" symbolizes ________________________.

3. The sisters in China were told their mother was dead by __________________.

4. Why did Lena hate Arnold so much?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. Does Ying-Ying love her husband, Saint?

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

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

6. Is there a character in this story who might be represented in this parable?

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

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

9. "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.

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

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