Chinese Cinderella Quizzes

Chinese Cinderella Quiz 1

1 How old is Adeline at the beginning of the novel?
Seven years old

Five years old

Four years old

Nine years old
2 What is the name of the school Adeline attends in Hong Kong?
St. Lawrence Martyr

Christ the Redeemer

Sacred Heart

Saint Joseph's
3 What is the name of the leader of the People's Liberation Army?
Li Si

Mao Zedong

Hu Jintao

Kim Il-Sung
4 Who was the leader of the Nationalist Party?
Mao Fumei

Ch'en Chien-ju

Chiang Kai-shek

Mao Zedong
5 What is the english name of Adeline's Big Sister?
Lydia

Mary

Elizabeth

Linda
6 What is the english name of Adeline's Big Brother?
George

Grant

Gray

Gregory
7 What is the english name of Adeline's Third Brother?
Jim

James

Carl

Michael
8 What is the english name of Adeline's Second Brother?
Edgar

Thomas

James

Mark
9 What is the english name of Fourth Younger Brother?
Florence

Franklin

Fred

Frank
10 What does Niang tell Adeline after Ye Ye's funeral?
That she respects her effort

That she is no longer welcome

That she must get a job

That she will now have Ye Ye's room
11 What is the english name of Little Sister?
Camila

Susan

Alyssa

Silvia
12 Which one of these is NOT a language that Ye Ye predicts will remain in the future?
Chinese

French

Spanish

English
13 What does Niang demand from the children in exchange for tram fare?
A sincere apology denouncing Ye Ye's actions

Healthier eating

More chores

Perfect grades
14 What book is Adeline reading when she is surprised by her classmate and her mother in the library?
Master and the Margarita

Moby Dick

Romeo and Juliet

King Lear
15 How old is Niang when she marries Father?
21

14

17

25
16 What happens to the best presents Big Sister receives at her wedding?
They are given as an offering to the nearest Buddhist temple

Niang takes them

They are given to Ye Ye

Big Sister's husband sells them
17 For what holiday do the children receive new clothing?
Yom Kippur

Chinese Independence Day

Chinese New Year

Hinanatsuri
18 What was the name of the book that Adeline borrowed from her schoolfriend?
The Tao of Pooh

The Secret Garden

The Little Princess

Simple Magic Tricks
19 What was Niang’s nationality?
French

French-Chinese

Japanese

English
20 Who was invading Tianjin while Adeline boarded with the nuns?
The Japanese Army

United States Marines

The People's Liberation Army

The Nationalist Army
21 Which famous Shakespearean character does Adeline compare Ye Ye to?
Horatio

King Lear

MacBeth

Romeo
22 Who drove the rickshaw in Tianjin?
Sheng

Chin-Meh

Lin

Ah-Mao
23 What year does World War Two end?
1940

1945

1952

1933
24 Where does Aunt Baba put Adeline's report cards?
Under her bed

In the dresser

In her safe deposit box

In her closet
25 What happened to all the pictures of Adeline's mother?
They decayed with age, since they were not preserved

Her father ordered that they be destroyed shortly after Nai Nai's funeral

Aunt Baba stole them all

Niang tore them all up

Why did Adeline vow to study harder in school?

Adeline vows to study harder in school because she sees her academic successes as a way to gain her family's approval.

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Answered by jill d #170087 on 4/5/2025 11:56 AM

was Tianjin a pleasant place in which to live in Adeline's early years?

Tianjin was not a pleasant place for Adeline to grow up in. A year after her mother’s death, her father remarried a “seventeen year old Eurasian beauty fourteen years his junior” (4) of French and Chinese ancestry. Soon after, they had two...

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Answered by Aslan on 6/25/2021 2:32 AM

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What are your feelings toward the death of the duckling? Do you blame Father, Third Brother, or Jackie for it's death?

I pretty much blame the father for this although the others were complacent. It was father's idea to test the dog's obedience on the duckling. Of course I feel badly about what happened, I can't stand it when animals get hurt in books...

Asked by mira s #323391

Answered by Aslan on 5/16/2013 11:49 AM

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