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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. Where do Adeline and her family live at the start of the novel?

2. What does Big Brother warn Adeline from?

3. Why are the siblings mad about their new gift?

4. Why does Adeline's relationship with PLT startle Aunt Baba?

5. What does Aunt Baba notice about Adeline as soon as she gets home from school?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Adeline remember her phone number?

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

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

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

5. Why does the family consider Adeline to be bad luck?

6. Describe Adeline's relationship with PLT.

7. How do Second Brother and Big Sister react to Adeline's medal at the dinner table?

8. Describe how Adeline gets to school on her first day.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How important is it that Niang is Eurasian and not fully Chinese in the novel? Explain instances that highlight Niang's mixed heritage and the importance of it in various situations.

Essay Topic 2

Adeline's "egg-less" state while at Sacred Heart is symbolic of her life and lifestyle during this time. Using the eggs as a symbol, describe and explain Adeline's life while at the school.

Essay Topic 3

In the beginning of the novel, Adeline says that to believe in one single positive dream is more important than a thousand negative realities. Do you think that Adeline lives this way as a child? Why or why not? What positive things happen to Adeline to counterbalance all of her negative instances? Name three positive things that happen to Adeline and how you feel they affected her.

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