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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What subject does Chueh-hsin expect to go study at university?

2. Which word does not adequately describe Chueh-hsin?

3. What does Chueh-min run inside to do before heading off to dinner?

4. What instrument is Chueh-hsin playing his sad song on?

5. Why do the younger brothers like "New Tide" so much?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the students respond when the governor does not keep his promise to meet their demands?

2. Why does Chueh-hui feel critical about his brothers in Chapter 12?

3. How does Uncle Ke-ting prepare for the fireworks show?

4. What secret does Chin share with her cousins about Chueh-hsin and Mei?

5. How does Chueh-hui vent his frustrations while under his house arrest?

6. How is Mei when her cousins first see her in Chapter 15?

7. What do Chueh-hui and Jui-cheuh talk about in the garden?

8. How is Mama Huang described?

9. What does Chin think about going to the boys school?

10. What is on Ming-feng's mind in Chapter 4?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Please explain the importance and role of a plot line and its various sub-parts. Choose two of the sub-parts of a plot line and analyze their use in the book "Family."

Essay Topic 2

This novel delves heavily into various relationship, both family and romantic. Please choose two of the relationships that you observed in the novel and dissect it, the parties involved and the role that this relationship played in the novel at large. Did these relationships serve to further the plot, theme, mood, tone, etc.?

Essay Topic 3

Please explain the difference between protagonist and antagonist characters and their roles in a story. Who would be considered antagonist(s) and protagonist(s) in the story "Family" and how did you come to this conclusion?

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