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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Winnie say she acted like when she was newly married?
(a) Artistic.
(b) Confident.
(c) Talkative.
(d) A foolish young girl.

2. In Chapter 6, what is Winnie's task on New Year's day?
(a) To tend the animals.
(b) To mend the family's clothes.
(c) To sweep the courtyard.
(d) To wash all the dishes.

3. What is the biggest secret between Winnie and Helen?
(a) That Helen is not her sister-in-law.
(b) Helen is her cousin.
(c) Helen grew up in San Francisco.
(d) Helen is her daughter.

4. What does Winnie think of Helen?
(a) She is smart.
(b) She loves spending time with her.
(c) She doesn't enjoy her company, opinions, or character.
(d) She is pretty.

5. Why does Jimmy have to have an operation when he ate the fish dinner Winnie had made to celebrate her new job?
(a) He had appendicitis.
(b) He swallowed a fish bone.
(c) He had a heart condition.
(d) He broke his leg.

6. What does Hulan break in Chapter 12?
(a) Nail.
(b) Finger.
(c) Stick.
(d) Leg.

7. What does Winnie read in the Pavillion while snacking on a variety of foods?
(a) Book of poetry.
(b) Letter from Betty.
(c) A newspaper.
(d) American Magazine.

8. Why doesn't Winnie want to forget the past?
(a) It was an enjoyable time.
(b) It still holds lessons for her.
(c) She had the best life in China.
(d) She misses it so much.

9. What is Pearl's mother's name?
(a) Winnie.
(b) Ruth Ellen.
(c) Paula.
(d) Helen.

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

11. Why does Hulan grow angry with Winnie after the first battle in which some pilots die?
(a) Winnie thinks she's better than Hulan.
(b) Winnie is always cursing the future with her words.
(c) Winnie has used up all her flour.
(d) Winnie laughs at her.

12. When Winnie and the others are escaping Nanking, how many suitcases are they allowed to bring?
(a) Three.
(b) None.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

13. Whose credentials does Wen Fu use to become a pilot?
(a) A dead cousin's.
(b) A neighbor's.
(c) His father's.
(d) His dead brother's.

14. Who is Pearl's real father?
(a) Robert Davis.
(b) Gan.
(c) Uncle Henry.
(d) Wen Fu.

15. What kind of job does Pearl have?
(a) Speech and language clinician.
(b) Bookstore owner.
(c) Medical Assistant.
(d) Librarian.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Peanut and Wen Fu meet in Chapter 7?

2. What does Winnie find on the funeral card that Pearl had saved from her father's funeral?

3. What is spirit money?

4. What does Winnie have above her eye that a fortune teller says can make everything she sees turn black?

5. What do Tessa and Cleo call their grandmother Winnie?

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