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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. How does her father react to her medal?

3. How much younger is Niang than Adeline's father?

4. What is Adeline's favorite fruit?

5. What do the Huangs bring the children?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe PLT's death.

2. How does Adeline remember her phone number?

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

4. Describe Adeline's new home in Shanghai.

5. Where does Ye Ye take Adeline, Big Sister, Big Brother and Second Brother six weeks after Nai Nai's funeral?

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

7. How does Nai Nai die?

8. Describe Adeline's experience leaving school on the first day.

9. Describe how the children plot against Niang and the final result of their actions.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the significance of the safe deposit box that Aunt Baba keeps? What does it symbolize for both her and Adeline? Describe the box, including its contents and explain its role in Adeline's life.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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