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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 does Adeline talk with after seeing Cook?

2. How many people attend Big Sister's wedding?

3. How much older is Big Sister's future husband than she?

4. What book is Adeline reading when she is surprised by her classmate and her mother in the library?

5. Who greets her at her door when she returns home?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Adeline attribute her victory to?

2. What are some of the activities the children play while on the ship?

3. Describe what happens when Adeline arrives home for lunch.

4. What does Adeline fantasize about at night?

5. How does Father react to the situation?

6. Summarize Adeline's speech as a class president nominee.

7. How does Adeline discover Big Sister's impending nuptials?

8. Describe what happens shortly after Adeline returns home after winning the class presidency.

9. Describe the scene when the Shilling family and Adeline arrive at the Shanghai household.

10. Which Shakespeare play does Adeline have an emotional reaction to during class and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain in detail how the international playwriting competition Adeline enters significantly transforms her 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

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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