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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 did James Lombardi always smell like?

2. Where did Crane have a mass that needed to be removed in Chapter 21?

3. What would wake Qian in pain in Chapter 18?

4. When did Qian visit her mother in the hospital in Chapter 22?

5. In Chapter 21, how long of a surgery did Crane need to have?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened when Qian tried to take in a cat in Chapter 11?

2. How did Qian hurt herself in Chapter 22?

3. What did a woman named Mimi tell Qian and her mother about James Lombardi?

4. Why did Qian spend a lot of time with her father in Chapter 20?

5. In Chapter 11, what was Qian's new home like?

6. What job did Qian's mother, Crane, get in Chapter 17?

7. How did lying make Qian feel in Chapter 21?

8. How did Vincent feel every time they had to walk past the cops at the hospital?

9. What did the doctors decide was wrong with Crane?

10. Who was James Lombardi?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Qian began riding home on the subway alone after school. How did Qian use street smarts and common sense to keep herself safe on her rides home?

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

James Lombardi was a man who acted lasciviously toward women at the hair salon where Crane worked. How did he begin taking Crane and her family to McDonald’s? What did survival have to do with the Wangs accepting his company at McDonald’s?

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