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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. What was the name of the dog trainer who trained Jackie?

2. After the collapse of the Kumomintang army in Manchuria, by how much did Tianjin's population swell?

3. How many servants took care of Joseph's and Ren's household?

4. How long did Niang stay in bed one time because of an argument with Father?

5. How many children did the Shanghai police once find chained to the wall of a tin factory?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the late 1920s, how was Shanghai different from the rest of China?

2. What was Ren Yong-ping's background?

3. Why did Baba decide not to go to Hong Kong with Joseph?

4. Why did Niang and Father tell Lydia that she had to marry?

5. Why did Hwa Chong Hong leave Tianjin in 1926?

6. How did Adeline describe her father in the prologue?

7. How did James get out of China in 1951?

8. Where did Adeline, her siblings, and her stepmother gather for the reading of Joseph's will?

9. What business did Grand Aunt's eldest brother establish?

10. How did Adeline get out of Tianjin and to Hong Kong?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Adeline became friends with a fellow woman doctor who explained why women doctors had such unhappy marriages. Discuss Adeline's and her friend's experiences with unhappy marriages and why women doctors had troubled marriages.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Adeline's relationships with her siblings and how Niang interfered with the relationships that Adeline had with her siblings.

Essay Topic 3

"Falling Leaves" deals with Adeline's very unhappy family life. Discuss the overall mood of the book.

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