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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 do Yuan and Mei-ling agree to do before Yuan leaves for the capital city?
2. What does Yuan do on his first night in the capital?
3. What allows Yuan to look past the fact that his teacher's family is American?
4. Why doesn't Ai-lan's mother trust Wu?
5. What drink does Yuan stomach out of politeness?
Short Essay Questions
1. Although Yuan has prejudices about the white people, why does he like his teacher's family?
2. What does Wu do when a beggar reaches for a handout from him?
3. What is Yuan thankful to Mary for as he leaves America?
4. What does Yuan learn about his father's financial situation when he visits?
5. What evidence of social change does Yuan experience on the boat on the way back to China?
6. Yuan claims that the American people hide their poor because they are ashamed. Why might Yuan be considered hypocritical when he uses this argument?
7. How does Yuan feel about America when he leaves it?
8. How is Yuan prejudiced even within his own country?
9. What is Yuan shocked by as he debarks from the train and rides with Meng through the city?
10. What does Yuan bring back to China with him from America?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does Yuan's relationship with Mei-ling develop from the time he meets her to the end of the novel? What setbacks does the relationship experience? What about the advances? What can the reader predict for the development of their relationship? Cite at least two examples from the novel.
Essay Topic 2
How does Yuan's self-versus-self conflict influence his development as a character? How does this conflict affect his search for absolute freedom? Does Yuan find that absolute freedom is elusive? Cite examples from the text that support your argument.
Essay Topic 3
Choose at least three symbols from the text and analyze the role they play in A House Divided. How do symbols contribute to the novel and Yuan's development? Cite at least three examples from the novel.
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