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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 much did Father pay Gregory and James to work for him?

2. When was Grand Aunt forced to resign from all her duties at the Women's Bank?

3. When all Chinese industries and businesses were nationalized, what did deserving owners receive for their businesses for ten years?

4. Where did Bob and Adeline move when they married?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who attended Joseph's funeral?

3. Why did Gregory want to leave Nigeria?

4. When did Bob Mah's parents emigrate to America and what did they do?

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

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

7. Why did Mr. Lu say that no friends would come to Niang's funeral?

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

9. What did Lydia want from Adeline?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At the height of the Chinese Civil War, Father and Niang took Adeline to Tianjin. Discuss why it was dangerous to be in Tianjin at that time and why and how Adeline escaped Tianjin.

Essay Topic 2

Adeline married Byron six weeks after her arrival in America. Discuss the signs that indicated Adeline's marriage would end in divorce.

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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