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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. Why are Windrider's letters read to his wife?

2. What street is Moon Shadow's new house on?

3. What do the Chinese people in this book call themselves?

4. What is Miss Whitlaw's occupation?

5. Who owns the Company of the Peach Orchard Vow?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Uncle Bright Star refuse to do for Windrider?

2. Why did so many Chinese men live in America at this time?

3. How does Moon Shadow feel about the stained glass window, and why?

4. What does Moon Shadow call America, and why?

5. How does Bright Star feel about what Windrider hopes to build? Why does he feel this way?

6. Why did Moon Shadow's father take Windrider as his new name in America?

7. What causes Windrider to regret saving Black Dog's life?

8. What does Windrider want to make with all the mechanical parts in his room?

9. Why does Black Dog promise to come clean?

10. Why does Handclap choose to return to America a second time?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What did the flying machine mean to Windrider, and how did it affect his life and his view on reality?

Essay Topic 2

What were Moon Shadow's thoughts on education, and how did this change his actions? How did his ideas change the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 3

Gangs were a very prevalent theme in this book. How did this theme affect the main characters?

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