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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. In Chapter 8, from whom did Qian's father get a job?

2. How much money did Qian's family have for groceries every week in Chapter 7?

3. How did Qian describe the landlady in Chapter 4?

4. In Chapter 10, what was the name of the public library that Qian's teacher took her and her class to?

5. Where did Qian's father take her on her first day of school in America?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Qian and her mother get a visa to see Qian's father in America?

2. In Chapter 6, when and why did Qian stop believing her father?

3. Where did Qian and her parents live in Chapter 4?

4. How did Qian and her mother get off the plane in Japan?

5. Why did Qian love libraries and books?

6. What did Qian's mother suffer from when traveling, and when was her sickness particularly bad?

7. In Chapter 0, what happy memory did Qian have with her parents?

8. What did Qian and her mother do for Christmas?

9. How did Qian discover Chatham Square?

10. What happened to Wang Lao Shi's eldest brother?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Qian’s father always tried to avoid embarrassment. Why did he always try to avoid embarrassment? What did saving face have to do with his efforts? Why was it important to him not to lose face?

Essay Topic 2

What a reader knows about events and people is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?

Essay Topic 3

Qian was sent to a special needs class. Why was Qian sent to a special needs class? How did hard work and determination enable her to return to a regular classroom?

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