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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 2, where did Qian remember that she had a hamburger once?

2. What colors are on the Chinese flag?

3. How old was Qian's mother when she published two textbooks on mathematics and computer science?

4. How old was Qian's father when his eldest brother was arrested?

5. About how wide was the television that Qian began watching in the shrine in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Qian's father's earliest memory?

2. How did Qian become vindictive in Chapter 7?

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

4. What does Qian say about arriving in the United States and her life there in "How It Began"?

5. In Chapter 5, what jobs did Qian and her mother get?

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

7. Who was assigned to help Qian in school in Chapter 6, and what did the girl tell her at lunchtime?

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

9. How did Qian discover Chatham Square?

10. How would Qian and her mother make phone calls to Qian's father when he was in the United States?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Qian was often hungry when she lived in New York. Why was Qian often hungry? How did she try to cope with the hunger?

Essay Topic 2

Genre is a means of classifying literature. What is the genre of the novel? Why is it not a biography?

Essay Topic 3

Qian and her mother worked hard to have better lives. How did they work hard to make better lives? What barriers did they face in their efforts? How did tenacity help them not give up and achieve better lives?

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