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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the new spelling of Anna and Genevieve's last name, according to this section of the book?
(a) Schoen.
(b) Scone.
(c) Shone.
(d) Shoene.

2. The family welcomes Joseph to __________, and he is soon accepted as a part of the family again.
(a) Thanksgiving.
(b) Boxing Day.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Easter.

3. When is Anna's baby due, which is when Genevieve hopes to live until?
(a) February.
(b) April.
(c) January.
(d) March.

4. Joseph is accused of being a _________ and is held in a cell for three weeks without any questioning or charges.
(a) Leader.
(b) Informant.
(c) Spy.
(d) Criminal.

5. Who is at Anna's side after the C-Section that delivers her daughter?
(a) Gran.
(b) Jack.
(c) Joseph.
(d) Genevieve.

6. What does Joseph invite Anna and the baby to, which she accepts?
(a) To dinner.
(b) Lunch.
(c) To tea.
(d) To live with him.

7. What is the word that Anna looks up in the dictionary after hearing her mother and Gran begin to use it?
(a) Internment.
(b) Prisoner.
(c) Torture.
(d) Repatriation.

8. Who thinks and worries about Joseph constantly, which is not something she had anticipated?
(a) Gran.
(b) Anna.
(c) Genevieve.
(d) Mary.

9. What does Anna do with the money that she receives from selling the gift Joseph gets her?
(a) Donates it to church.
(b) Burns it.
(c) Sends it back.
(d) Buys a car.

10. What does Joseph obtain in order to begin to import cars and trucks into the country?
(a) A new home.
(b) Import license.
(c) A tax license.
(d) A business permit.

11. What does Anna receive from Joseph in the months after her mother's death?
(a) A gift certificate.
(b) A brief letter.
(c) A shoe.
(d) A ring.

12. What is the color of the Cheongsam that Genevieve wears to the party?
(a) Blue.
(b) Green.
(c) Purple.
(d) Pink.

13. Anna currently attends the University of __________ at Los Angeles at the time of the article.
(a) California.
(b) Berkeley.
(c) San Diego.
(d) San Francisco.

14. Where does Joseph often sleep, according to the description of his time in April, 1949?
(a) Shelter.
(b) Office.
(c) Nightclub.
(d) Outside.

15. Anna starts her new life at _________ High School, where she decides never to talk about Shanghai again.
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) South Pasadena.
(c) Beverly Hills.
(d) North Pasadena.

Short Answer Questions

1. Shanghai has always felt like ________ to Joseph, even if his wife and daughter are not around.

2. Who becomes more talkative and more open as time goes on?

3. What does Joseph see being driven by a Chinese man, though he reclaims it in the name of the government?

4. Anna and Genevieve will be going to _________ in a month, even though Anna is not comfortable with this idea.

5. What does Joseph send to Anna as a gift on her seventeenth birthday?

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