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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. Where did Bob Mah teach?

2. What game did Aunt Baba and her friend switch to when mah-jong became illegal?

3. How much did Adeline receive a month during her obstetrics residency?

4. Where did Adeline receive an offer of an obstetrics residency in America?

5. In Father's will, his estate was divided into _____________shares.

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Aunt Baba do after Joseph, Niang, and their family left?

2. Why did Alcenith Crawford believe that women doctors had unhappy marriages?

3. What did Joseph say when Aunt Baba informed him that Miss Chien had been stealing?

4. What did Adeline find in Niang's antique Chinese desk?

5. What was Byron's background?

6. What did Lydia want from Adeline?

7. What did Susan's mother-in-law do when Susan came into her marriage with two suitcases of old clothes?

8. How was Aunt Baba when Adeline saw her in March, 1994?

9. What did the biopsy report reveal about Niang's illness?

10. What did Gregory tell Adeline about boy/girl relationships?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Franklin contracted a type of polio and died. Discuss Franklin's death and how it changed Joseph and Niang and their relationship with one another.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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

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