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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Winnie's mother educated?
(a) Public school.
(b) At home by tutors.
(c) A missionary school.
(d) Boarding school in Hong Kong.

2. Why doesn't Winnie want to take her sweater off after church services in Chapter 3?
(a) She's too cold.
(b) She's proud of her new sweater.
(c) Her dress has a hole in it.
(d) She loves its softness.

3. What color is Winnie's house?
(a) Orange.
(b) Day-Glo pink.
(c) Green.
(d) Red.

4. Who dies in childbirth while a pilot and Hulan try to help her?
(a) Hulan's sister.
(b) Hulan's friend.
(c) Winnie's cousin.
(d) Winnie's sister.

5. What do the women make out of the old store room for the harvested tea?
(a) A bathhouse.
(b) An extra bedroom.
(c) A kitchen.
(d) A dining area.

6. Who says he saw a ghost who told him he would experience nine bad fates before he died?
(a) Mr. Ma.
(b) Gan.
(c) Ling.
(d) Paul.

7. Who does Aunt Helen say Pearl needs to tell about her disease?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her doctor.
(c) Phil.
(d) Mary.

8. Who is Lin?
(a) A good man Winnie could have married in China.
(b) A friend of Helen's.
(c) Winnie's podiatrist.
(d) A stranger at the church.

9. What are the ten items that Winnie saved from her dowry and hides in the lining of her suitcase?
(a) Fur stoles.
(b) Tablecloths.
(c) Silver chopsticks.
(d) Paintings.

10. Who tells Winnie gossip about the Wen family business three days before her wedding?
(a) Old Aunt.
(b) Peanut.
(c) San Ma.
(d) Bao-bao.

11. Where does Winnie sleep when she stays at her father's house before her wedding?
(a) Guest cottage.
(b) In her mother's bedroom.
(c) The study.
(d) Guest room.

12. Who is Wen Chen?
(a) Peanut's cousin.
(b) Old Aunt's uncle.
(c) Gong's brother.
(d) Wen Fu's brother.

13. At the market in Nanking, what do Winnie and Hulan buy just before the Japanese planes fly over, dropping leaflets and causing panic?
(a) Roasted chestnuts.
(b) Vegtables.
(c) Snow cones.
(d) Fruit.

14. How long do Winnie and Helen eat Auntie Du's funeral leftovers?
(a) Seven days.
(b) Five days.
(c) Two days.
(d) Three days.

15. How does Wen Fu behave towards the other pilots when they're playing cards after dinner?
(a) Scares them with his temper and then laughs at them.
(b) Is silent with them.
(c) Tells coarse jokes to make them laugh.
(d) Talks politely with them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of luck does Winnie say she was born with?

2. What does Winnie feed to Pearl when she visits in Chapter 5?

3. Why does Hulan grow angry with Winnie after the first battle in which some pilots die?

4. What does Hulan break in Chapter 12?

5. Who is Helen's husband?

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