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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. Prisoners can only leave the camp, for the most part, if they are near _________.
(a) Exhaustion.
(b) Relatives.
(c) Death.
(d) Home.

2. What is the time of the new curfew, which is one of the biggest changes in the city, according to the book?
(a) 11:00 pm.
(b) 9:00 pm.
(c) 12:00 am.
(d) 10:00 pm.

3. What is signaled in the town which leads Genevieve to tell Mei Wah to take them home from shopping?
(a) Air raids.
(b) War.
(c) Typhoon.
(d) Attacks.

4. What did the Japanese want from Joseph? They wanted him to be a ___________.
(a) Spy.
(b) Legal officer.
(c) Collaborator.
(d) Bank roller.

5. What continues to be held in Cerecle Sportif in the city, oblivious to the events going on around it?
(a) Sweet sixteen party.
(b) Wedding.
(c) Graduation.
(d) Funeral.

Short Answer Questions

1. Anna and Joseph go to Hsin Hung Chong where he needs to take a picture for an ___________ claim.

2. Who keeps telling Anna that things will get better, even as Anna doesn't make friends?

3. What is the first place Genevieve and Joseph live after they have graduated college?

4. Even though Genevieve sometimes objects, Joseph often takes _________ out on his outings.

5. What does Anna get to drink on the morning of her seventh birthday?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Anna's mother feel about their home in Shanghai at the start of the book?

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

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

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

5. What does Joseph feel about his money making opportunities outside of Shanghai?

6. How did Anna's parents meet before deciding to get married and have a child together?

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

8. What happens after two Japanese are killed at the Hungjao airfield, according to the book?

9. What does Genevieve do on Anna's seventh birthday, as described in this section of the book?

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

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