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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Mouchou, Sorrowfree?
(a) Wen Fu's cousin.
(b) Winnie's grandmother.
(c) Winnie's stillborn baby.
(d) Hulan's baby.

2. Who is Danu?
(a) Hulan's cousin.
(b) Winnie and Wen Fu's third child.
(c) Min's daughter.
(d) Auntie Du's brother.

3. What does Helen tell Pearl about her brain tumor?
(a) It's shrinking.
(b) It hurts her head.
(c) It's growing.
(d) She made it up.

4. What is the secret code Jimmy says Winnie should use when she calls to indicate she's ready to run away from Wen Fu?
(a) "The lake is frozen."
(b) "Open the door, you can already see the mountain."
(c) "Shut the window, don't let the air in."
(d) "Blue skies smile on us."

5. Who tells Winnie that Min is a sister of a pilot friend who has nowhere to stay?
(a) Wen Fu.
(b) Winnie.
(c) Jiaguo.
(d) Hulan.

6. Who thinks Old Aunt has a sickness to match every herb?
(a) Hulan.
(b) Wen Fu's mother.
(c) Winnie's father.
(d) Jiaguo.

7. Who buys a new pair of eye glasses in Chapter 17?
(a) Winnie.
(b) Hulan.
(c) Danru.
(d) Wen Fu.

8. Who makes a promise to accept life without complaint at the end of Chapter 17?
(a) Aunt Du.
(b) Danru.
(c) Winnie.
(d) Hulan.

9. What does Yiku mean?
(a) Peace and love.
(b) Laughter and love.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Pleasure over bitterness.

10. Who breaks the table legs in half so it is small enough to get out of Jiang Sao-yen's study?
(a) The man who bought the table.
(b) Wen Fu.
(c) Wen Fu's father.
(d) Winnie's father.

11. Who says, "my husband was zibuyong"?
(a) Little Yu.
(b) Miao-miao.
(c) Peanut.
(d) Winnie.

12. Who is Kuang An?
(a) Winnie's lawyer.
(b) Hulan's second husband.
(c) The guard.
(d) Jimmy's friend.

13. At the rooming house, who gives Winnie advice on how she can run away from Wen Fu?
(a) Old Aunt.
(b) New Aunt.
(c) Little Yu's mother.
(d) Her father.

14. Where do Winnie and Jimmy send Danru to keep him safe from Wen Fu?
(a) To Peanut's rooming house.
(b) To a small cottage in the countryside.
(c) To Hulan and Jiaguo's home in the north.
(d) To Old Aunt.

15. According to Winnie, where is the best tea in the world?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) England.
(c) Hangchow.
(d) India.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Wen Fu have an accident when he is driving the stolen jeep?

2. How long do Winnie and Danru stay at her uncle's house when they visit after the war?

3. What does Old Aunt send to Peanut when Winnie visits her rooming house in Shanghai?

4. What does Winnie say the Double Seventh day is supposed to be?

5. What name does Jimmy Louie give Wen Fu?

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