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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Maxine's mother and her friends steal to burn the haunted room?
(a) Alcohol and matches.
(b) Firecrackers and newspaper.
(c) Wood and gasoline.
(d) Bed sheets and lighter fluid.

2. What does Maxine's mother earn a reputation for while she is at medical school?
(a) Being brilliant.
(b) Being dimwitted.
(c) Being deceitful.
(d) Being loud.

3. According to Moon Orchid, what Chinese word does Brave Orchid's oldest daughter's name sound like?
(a) Ink.
(b) Rat.
(c) Pig.
(d) Dirt.

4. What does the rock candy Brave Orchid gives to the children meant to symbolize?
(a) A new taste.
(b) A difficult task ahead.
(c) A change in beliefs.
(d) A sweet beginning.

5. Where is Moon Orchid finally happy living?
(a) In her daughter's house.
(b) In Brave Orchid's house.
(c) In her own apartment.
(d) In a mental asylum.

6. Which of these creatures does not drop out of the trees, according to Maxine's mother?
(a) Apes.
(b) Ghosts.
(c) Were-people.
(d) Thieves.

7. Where does Maxine's mother prefer to study?
(a) In her room alone.
(b) In the dining hall with other students.
(c) In the library alone.
(d) In her room with other students.

8. Why does Maxine's mother burn candles in the laundry?
(a) To dry the germs.
(b) To light the laundry.
(c) To make needed wax.
(d) To ward off the ghosts.

9. What is one thing Moon Orchid learns to do at the laundry?
(a) Hang clothes.
(b) Fold towels.
(c) Run errands.
(d) Take orders.

10. Where was the first place Brave Orchid set foot in America?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) Ellis Island.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Jacksonville.

11. Where was Moon Orchid living in China before she came to America?
(a) Hong Kong.
(b) Beijing.
(c) A small village.
(d) Peiping.

12. Where does Moon Orchid live after she sees her husband again?
(a) With her husband.
(b) With her daughter.
(c) With her husband's second wife.
(d) With Brave Orchid.

13. Where does Moon Orchid sit at the laundry?
(a) On a crate.
(b) In the back room.
(c) Behind the counter.
(d) With the washing machines.

14. What do the villagers admire Maxine's mother for when she first returns from medical school?
(a) She has an education.
(b) She lost weight.
(c) She has a slave.
(d) She is well dressed.

15. What occupation does Moon Orchid's husband have?
(a) He is an emergency medical technician.
(b) He is a brain surgeon.
(c) He is a nurse.
(d) He is a pediatrician.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Maxine's family tell ghost stories at the laundry when temperatures are high?

2. When was Maxine born?

3. What figure do Maxine and her mother have as a totem?

4. What does immigration ask Maxine's mother about the narrator's father?

5. What country does Brave Orchid believe her son is in?

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