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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 is Mr. Chang's nickname?

2. What drives the boy hero into madness?

3. What did Mrs. Lu guard?

4. How does Meilan first react to the people dancing at the Twilight Club?

5. Who does the young girl remind the man of?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the story end?

2. What is Sweeping Past about?

3. What does she suggest to him?

4. What connects the women?

5. What is Souvenir about?

6. Why is Ailin alone?

7. What happens when they are approached by a man?

8. What is the significance of the photographer's note on the photo?

9. What is the metaphor of A House Fire?

10. Why does the old man approach the girl?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What do the the failed marriages symbolize in context of the story? What meaning does it give to each story where a marriage has not worked out?

Essay Topic 2

Does any character prove themselves to be honest in the book? How does their honesty, or lack of honesty affect their lives?

Essay Topic 3

Why do some of the characters give up on their dreams? How do they come to the realization that they have held themselves back? Which characters do not give up on their dreams and why?

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