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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 statues does Casey see in the shop window?

2. What kind of books do Casey and Booger begin a conversation about?

3. What does Casey plan on doing with the letters that she has sent to her father, but that have been sent back?

4. After whom is Casey named?

5. What does the cook say Casey has to do before she sells her the buns?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the postcards say about the change in Casey relationship with her father?

2. What does Barney confess to in this section?

3. What do Booger and Casey do together in this section?

4. How do Booger and Casey become friends?

5. How does Mr. Jeh persuade Mr. Fong the pawnbroker to tell them about anyone trying to sell him or one of his associates the owl necklace?

6. How does Paw Paw break her leg in this section?

7. How do Paw Paw and Casey keep warm at the beginning of this section?

8. What are Mr. Jeh's thoughts about the burglary?

9. What does Casey plan for Barney when he gets back?

10. In what way are Booger and Casey different?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How has the death of Jeanine affected by Barney? How would their lives have been different if she had lived?

Essay Topic 2

How do you think the Chinatown in San Francisco compares to the real China? What are the problems and benefits of having such communities?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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