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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 of Bob's brothers enlisted during World War II?

2. When did Adeline finish her residency in Chapter 18?

3. Where did Tai-ling attend college?

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

5. What did the earthquake register on the Richter Scale that shook Tangshan in 1976?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why did Father's business change, and what new businesses did he start?

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

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

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

8. After Adeline returned from assisting two patients who had been admitted after a car accident, what did Adeline find at home?

9. What was Byron's background?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Adeline took a position that her father had secured for her. Discuss why Adeline took a position that her father had secured for her rather than a job she had found for herself.

Essay Topic 3

The title of the book is "Falling Leaves." Discuss the title of the book and why Adeline was a falling leaf that returned to her roots.

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