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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 Wen Fu doing when Peanut first meets him?

2. Who delivers Peanut's letters to Wen Fu?

3. What does Hulan break in Chapter 12?

4. Why does Hulan grow angry with Winnie after the first battle in which some pilots die?

5. Who is Wen Chen?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the fortune teller say she can do to change Winnie's bad luck?

2. Why does Winnie name the statue Lady Sorrowfree?

3. Why is Winnie so mad at Helen for buying a three-day-old fish?

4. Why does Jiaguo consider having to court martial Wen Fu after a battle with Japanese planes outside of Nanking?

5. What happens when Winnie buys a special fish for dinner to announce her news that she's found a job?

6. Why does Winnie find it acceptable that Min is living with them?

7. When do Winnie and Hulan first meet?

8. What is Wen Fu's final act toward Winnie, and how does she defend herself?

9. What does Winnie find Peanut doing in her room at the rooming house in Shanghai?

10. How does Hulan know that Winnie is pregnant even before Winnie does?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the ways in which Winnie and Pearl become closer after each reveals her secret. How do they treat each other with more understanding and tolerance? How does Pearl react to learning Wen Fu is most likely her father? What does Winnie do that makes Pearl feel the burden of her illness grows lighter?

Essay Topic 2

What keeps Winnie determined to create a better life for herself after Wen Fu continually abuses and humiliates her? Does she have a strong sense of hope? How is this hope realized through her determination?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss what Winnie learns from her relationship with Gan. Why does she feel she know his heart better than Wen Fu's? Why is it that she claims his love only after he has died?

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