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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. What is the birthday gift that Anna receives when she turns seven-years-old, just as she had wanted?
(a) Stilts.
(b) A doll.
(c) A basket.
(d) Bicycle.

2. Joseph has Anna draw maps of _________ while he is working at his office, during the story.
(a) Japan.
(b) France.
(c) United States.
(d) China.

3. How many other men are assigned to the same room that Joseph is assigned to?
(a) 2.
(b) 100.
(c) 50.
(d) 30.

4. In January, 1940, what do Joseph and Will Marsh find on the way to the theater?
(a) A summons to court.
(b) Decapitated head.
(c) A letter from Anna.
(d) A poster.

5. _______ thinks the city is different with all of the Japanese sentries in place, according to the book.
(a) Mei Wah.
(b) Anna.
(c) Joseph.
(d) Genevieve.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the last name of the family that is featured in this story?

2. Joseph is moved to the ______ hotel, where he learns that all foreigner assets have been frozen, as well as bank accounts.

3. Joseph tells Genevieve that he needs time to __________ before he can leave.

4. Where does Anna decide to hide the yen note she finds on the floor?

5. Joseph finds out that the bombings in the city had been a/an ____________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the men at the internment camp find out about the Japanese?

2. What does Anna begin to notice about her mother after living in Los Angeles for a while?

3. What does Joseph explain to his daughter, Anna, in a letter that is attached to a box of his belongings?

4. What is the only difference between life before and life after the Japanese takeover Shanghai?

5. What do Anna and Genevieve do when they go to mass at the Cathedral of St. Ignatius?

6. What does Joseph do with Anna when they go to the Foreign Correspondents Club on Saturday mornings?

7. What is the only thing that Joseph says about his time being kidnapped?

8. What does Joseph do in order to find comfort and in order to stay focused when at the internment camp?

9. What does the United States government tell Americans in Shanghai to do when things become more violent?

10. Why are Anna and Joseph in Hsin Hung Chong during this part of the story?

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