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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. Who greets Adeline and her siblings during their surprise outing?

2. What is Adeline's favorite fruit?

3. Who gives Adeline and her siblings money for school initially?

4. What does Big Brother suggest they do with PLT instead of burying it?

5. What does Adeline's family call her?

Short Essay Questions

1. How were Grandmother Nai Nai's feet bound when she was a small child?

2. Why does Niang become enraged after Aunt Baba brings up the subject of money at the dinner table?

3. Why does Aunt Baba say that she would like a job?

4. Describe the difference in clothing between Adeline and her siblings versus Little Brother and Little Sister's new clothing.

5. How does Little Sister react to Niang when she finally arrives in Shanghai and how does Niang respond?

6. What mysteriously happens shortly after the Japanese start to look for Father at his house?

7. Why does Adeline come home with a medal on her uniform?

8. What does Adeline do that Niang says she will never forgive?

9. Why does Father give her a map and why is it significant?

10. What does Adeline realize is somehow related to the new hierarchy of her family since Nai Nai's death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The theme of abandonment is profound in this novel. Name three times where Adeline feels abandoned by her family and how she handles the situation.

Essay Topic 2

Explain in detail how the international playwriting competition Adeline enters significantly transforms her life.

Essay Topic 3

Adeline believes her siblings never forgive her for the death of their mother. Cite specific examples that demonstrate her siblings' dislike of her and instances where they break from their typical treatment of her.

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