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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 does Barney say his daughter is like?

2. What is Pamela's nickname?

3. What does the youngest Walker feed his parents when they start to die?

4. What are Barney's hands usually doing?

5. What word does the narrator use to describe the inside of Phil's house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mr. Jeh tell Casey about his soul?

2. How does Jasmine live the rest of her life?

3. Why does Casey hate her new school?

4. What does the owl story symbolize within context to the entire story?

5. What does Casey realize about herself as Phil drives her through Chinatown?

6. Why does Barney say Casey can't move back with him just yet?

7. Why doesn't Casey like Phil?

8. Why do Jasmine and Peony cast a spell on the younger Walker brother?

9. What does Sheridan tell Casey about Barney?

10. What does Casey learn from the Kung-Fu movie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the negatives and positives of Chinese culture? How does the author express the negative and positives in the book? How does the life the people live in Chinatown conflict with American white culture?

Essay Topic 2

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 3

Why is Barney so susceptible to addiction? How can Barney recover from his gambling addiction and fix his relationship with his daughter?

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