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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 comes to get Adeline after she is lost after school?

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

3. Why does Adeline leave her school alone after it is over for the day?

4. Who greets them as they walk into their new home?

5. What does Little Sister break during the chaos?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who does Father remarry after their mother dies?

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

5. How does Adeline remember her phone number?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is it fitting that Adeline comes home from school with a medal on her chest in the opening sentences of the novel? What does that medal signify? Why is it the ideal situation to open the novel?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Explain the significance of the Chinese New Year for the Chinese people. In Chapter 9, Adeline discusses the Chinese New Year. How are the gifts received by Adeline and her sibling symbolize and exemplify their status in the family? Explain what they receive and why these gifts are symbolic, especially when compared to the gifts given to Fourth Brother and Little Sister.

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