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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. When was Roger born?

2. Why was Bob's brother Earl rejected by the army?

3. When was Byron born?

4. Where did James have to live in Hong Kong before Gregory came back?

5. When did Father become a naturalized British citizen?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What advice did Father give Adeline when he and Niang visited California when she was married to Byron?

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

6. Why did Bob's brother Ed receive a Bronze Star during World War II?

7. Who attended Joseph's funeral?

8. What did Bob Mah have to do during Pearl Harbor?

9. What did Adeline have to do to get a California medical license?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Grand Aunt was an unusual woman for her time. Discuss the role of women in Chinese society in the late 1800s and the first two decades of the 1900s and how women in the book did or did not follow the dictates of society.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

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