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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 is the train headed?
2. Who picks Adeline up from school after her first day?
3. Where do Adeline and her family live at the start of the novel?
4. How does her father react to her medal?
5. What do the children refer to the floor where Father, Niang, Fourth Brother and Little Sister live?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Adeline's new home in Shanghai.
2. What does Aunt Baba do whenever something bad happens to Adeline?
3. What does Adeline realize is somehow related to the new hierarchy of her family since Nai Nai's death?
4. What mysteriously happens shortly after the Japanese start to look for Father at his house?
5. Describe how the children plot against Niang and the final result of their actions.
6. How does Adeline remember her phone number?
7. Why are Adeline and Wu Chen-mei perfect friends?
8. How do Second Brother and Big Sister react to Adeline's medal at the dinner table?
9. Describe PLT's death.
10. Where does Ye Ye take Adeline, Big Sister, Big Brother and Second Brother six weeks after Nai Nai's funeral?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Father and Niang tell Adeline and her siblings that they want to teach them a lesson about austerity. Are they sincere in their actions? Why or why not? Is there a dichotomy between the children? Do Father and Niang live a life of austerity? Why or why not? Use specific examples to support your position.
Essay Topic 2
Explain in detail how the international playwriting competition Adeline enters significantly transforms her life.
Essay Topic 3
The role of school and education plays a huge part in Adeline's life. Choose three educational institutions that Adeline attends. Describe each one and relate how school became a saving place and significant part of Adeline's world.
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