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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 many siblings did Grand Aunt have?

2. How old was Adeline when her mother died?

3. How long after Grandmother's death, were Adeline, Lydia, Gregory, and Edgar taken to the train station?

4. When did Adeline's father die?

5. Where did Adeline sleep the few times she was allowed to go home when she lived at Sacred Heart?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Gregory solve his cash-flow problems?

2. Why didn't Aunt Baba tell Grand Aunt the real reason why she wanted her old job back?

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

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

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

6. What happened to Adeline's duckling?

7. Why did Adeline fear Edgar the most?

8. What happened when a group of girls from Adeline's school came to her house after Adeline became class president?

9. Who was C. S. Tang?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Adeline decided she would never surrender and beg for mercy from Niang. Discuss Adeline's determination and resolve and how it affected her life with Niang.

Essay Topic 2

When Adeline described her birth and her mother's death, she mentioned some facts that contributed to her mother's death. Discuss Adeline's birth and what contributed to her mother's death.

Essay Topic 3

Joseph broke the Confucian bond of filial piety by the way that he treated his father after Joseph's mother died. Discuss filial piety and how Ye Ye suffered because of Joseph's lack of respect.

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