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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 meets them at the airport?

2. Where does Father and Niang take Adeline?

3. Why does Adeline have to leave?

4. Why is Adeline put in classes with younger students?

5. What is Adeline's favorite part of the ship?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Adeline's outing with Fourth Brother and Niang, including its final destination for her.

2. What is Adeline's initial punishment from Niang and what does Adeline wish for?

3. How does Adeline finally leave St. Joseph's?

4. Describe how Adeline realizes Niang has learned about the secret gift from Grand Aunt.

5. Describe the scene at Big Sister's wedding.

6. How does Father react to the situation?

7. Describe what happens with the wedding gifts that arrive at the house.

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

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

10. How is it decided who will sleep on the cots on the China Star?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are many definitions of family outside of a person's blood relatives. Does Adeline experience a family relationship in other instances in the novel? Name and cite specific examples.

Essay Topic 2

There is great political upheaval during Adeline's childhood. Name two instances where Adeline's life is affected by the political environment and how she responds to these instances.

Essay Topic 3

What role does Ye Ye play in the life of Adeline? What lessons does he teach her? What does he and Nai Nai represent for her? Write a complete essay outlining the various ways that Nai Nai and Ye Ye both contribute to Adeline's life and her understanding of the world at large.

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