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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. Whose shoes did Qian throw up on in Chapter 20?

2. What food did the family start having in Chapter 18?

3. What did Qian use to hide her injury from her fall at recess in Chapter 22?

4. What did Qian's fourth-grade teacher, Ms. Glass, remind her of?

5. What does James Lombardi order when he takes the Wangs to McDonald's in Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Qian have to call 911 in Chapter 21?

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

4. Who was Qian's best friend in third grade?

5. What was shopping day, and what was Qian's favorite find?

6. In Chapter 18, what did Qian realize she wanted to do when she grew up, and how did people respond to her dream?

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

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

9. What was Qian's teacher like in third grade?

10. What happened when Qian was on a field trip to the Brooklyn Bridge?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

The Wangs decided to leave China. Why did the Wangs decide to leave China?

Essay Topic 3

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

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