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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. In Chapter 23, when was the last time that Adeline had corresponded with her Aunt Baba?

2. When did Father move his enamelware factory to Nigeria?

3. What percent of the population in Hong Kong in the 1960s were Chinese?

4. How many people were with the tour group that Adeline and Bob traveled with to Hong Kong and China?

5. How old was Aunt Lao Lao when Aunt Baba visited Tianjin to rebury Grandmother and Ye Ye?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who attended Joseph's funeral?

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

3. How had Hong Kong changed since Adeline left eleven years ago?

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

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

6. Why did Gregory want to leave Nigeria?

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

8. What did Adeline learn about Byron shortly after they married?

9. What job did Adeline arrange for herself in Hong Kong?

10. What did Joseph say was the happiest time of his life?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Adeline knew that her future was in Niang's hands. Discuss Niang's plans for Adeline's future and how Adeline was able to alter that future.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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

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