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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. How is the Tang school described?

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

3. Who tells Moon Shadow how to prove what he needs to when he gets to America?

4. Who tells Moon Shadow scary stories of America?

5. What gift does Windrider think he had in a former life?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Moon Shadow call Americans, and why?

2. What is most upsetting to Bright Star about Black Dog?

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

4. What is so surprising to Moon Shadow about his first meeting with Miss Whitlaw?

5. What surprises Moon Shadow about the white people in America?

6. Why is Windrider a partner in the Company of the Peach Orchard Vow?

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

8. How did Moon Shadow's grandfather die?

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

10. What was Windrider told in his great dream?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was Black Dog addicted to, and how did this addiction affect the people around him?

Essay Topic 2

Belonging and having security were two themes present in this novel. Where did these themes appear, and which characters were most motivated by them?

Essay Topic 3

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

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