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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. Whom does Brian tease as he passes their home in search of more relics?

2. What does Brian write to Angela?

3. With what does Hulan threaten Angela in order to obtain the truth?

4. What is one reason Miller says is the cause for problems at the dam?

5. What is Ma trying to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Stuart feel about the dam project and why does he think it is a good project?

2. What does Angela say about Brian's notebook? What does she think about his death? What does Hulan ask her to do?

3. What does Stuart say to Hulan about the dam?

4. What does David learn from Brian's journal?

5. What does Hulan ask Stuart about after David leaves for Hong Kong, and what does he tell her about Lily and about himself and artifacts?

6. With whom does David meet at Cosgrove's? What does David tell this person? What is this person's response?

7. What does Hulan do with Michael after she leaves Hom, and what does he tell her?

8. With what does Brian become obsessed, and what does he realize about the geographic layout of the land at Site 518?

9. How does Michael act during dinner with Hulan, and what does he talk about?

10. What does David show to Wu's widow? What do David and the widow do? What does she offer David?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss one of the following:

1. Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in Dragon Bones.

2. Trace and analyze one major theme of Dragon Bones. How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

3. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of Dragon Bones. How are the themes represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the following:

1. What do you think are the characteristics of a successful novel?

2. Analyze and discuss A Dragon Bones based upon the criteria you decide upon in #1 and judge if Dragon Bones is a successful novel.

3. Do you think the criteria for a successful novel should be different if it is written for young teens versus adults? Why or why not? Would most adults consider Dragon Bones a successful novel? What about young teens?

Essay Topic 3

Oftentimes, a book has more of a character-driven plot rather than action driven, and oftentimes the other way. Some books seem to balance the two. Discuss the following:

1. What do you think it means to say that a plot is character driven? Action driven?

2. How do you think a plot differs if it is character driven versus action driven?

3. Which type of plot do you find more interesting? Why?

4. Do you think it is possible to have a plot where action and character development share equal time? Why or why not.

5. What type of plot do you think Dragon Bones is? Explain your response.

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