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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. Why is Third Brother not traveling with them?
2. How does her father react to her medal?
3. What do the brothers receive for their New Years gift?
4. Why did mothers bind their little girls' feet?
5. Why are the brothers' haircuts much worse than the sisters'?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why were Nai Nai's feet bound in such a way?
2. How were Grandmother Nai Nai's feet bound when she was a small child?
3. Name three ways that Father and Niang institute their austerity program towards Adeline and her siblings (excluding Little Brother and Little Sister).
4. How does Nai Nai die?
5. Why does Aunt Baba say that she would like a job?
6. What is Chinese New Year significant for Adeline and her family?
7. Name Adeline's siblings and their ages at the time of her birth.
8. Where does Ye Ye take Adeline, Big Sister, Big Brother and Second Brother six weeks after Nai Nai's funeral?
9. Why does Father give her a map and why is it significant?
10. What does Aunt Baba do whenever something bad happens to Adeline?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast Adeline's life with the Shilling family to her everyday life with Niang and Father.
Essay Topic 2
There is great political upheaval during Adeline's childhood. Name two instances where Adeline's life is affected by the political environment and how she responds to these instances.
Essay Topic 3
Niang treats her own children vastly different from Adeline and her siblings. Choose two siblings in addition to Adeline and describe how Niang treats them in specific situations. Compare and contrast her treatment of these characters to Little Brother and Little Sister. What, according to your personal thoughts, are her motivations for treating these children differently?
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