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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 the name of the shop's former owner?

2. What does She Te tell Yang San she knows everything about?

3. Who does Shan Te say she is expecting?

4. What is the Old Woman and her husband celebrating?

5. What do the women outside Shen Te's shop gossip about?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize scene 9.

2. What do the Gods say to Wong?

3. What does Mrs Yang tell the audience?

4. Summarize scene three.

5. What happens outside Shen Te's shop?

6. What is Yang Sun doing in the city park?

7. What do Yang Sun and Shen Te argue about?

8. What do the Gods ask Wong to do?

9. Why does Shui Ta say $300 for the shop is not enough?

10. How does Shen Te help out Wong?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the characters in the novel and discuss how he or she would cope in one of the following scenarios:

1. A plague sweeps through the town.

2. The Gods give each resident of the town 1,000 silver dollars.

3. A foreign army takes over the town.

Essay Topic 2

Pick a character from the novel and discuss their goals and motives. Do they achieve their motive? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters? How do the characters goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following and discuss how it affects the tone of the play and helps to express character and theme:

1. Setting.

2. Point of view.

3. Structure.

4. Language.

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