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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 does everyone seem to be thinking about as they hear the fighting outside the Kao compound?

2. What word does Cheuh-hui use to describe his older brother in Chapter 26?

3. Why do Mrs. Chang, Chin, and Mei come to the Kao compound the day after the fighting starts?

4. Who tells Ming-Feng that she is to become Master Feng's concubine?

5. What must be done to Master Kao's coffin to keep him safe from curses?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Cheuh-min's response to his arranged marriage?

2. How does Cheuh-hui feel about his life after Ming-feng's death?

3. Why is Chien-erh burning paper money?

4. Why is Chin so upset in Chapter 22?

5. Because of their fear of the curse, what to the women pressure Cheuh-hsin to do and how does his wife feel about this?

6. Why do two policemen come to Cheuh-hui's magazine office?

7. How does Cheuh-hui hear of Ming-feng's death and what is his response?

8. What does Ming-feng do when she hears that she is to be Master Feng's concubine?

9. How does Master Kao respond to Ke-ting's misdeeds?

10. What role does Cheuh-hui play in Cheuh-min's hiding?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Please compare and contrast the romantic relationship of Chueh-hsin and Mei with that of Chueh-min and Chin. What outside influences have affected both relationships and how do the participants in each relationship fare because of these influences?

Essay Topic 2

Please describe the religion setting in China at the time this story takes place. What role, if any, does religion play in the story and in the lives of some of the main characters. Do you think that religion was portrayed negatively, positively, or objectively in this story?

Essay Topic 3

Please choose one major theme in the story "Family" to identify and outline. How is this theme seen throughout the novel? Who in the novel does this theme affect? Was this theme central to the novel or could it have stood without this theme?

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