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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 Tai-ling attend college?

2. How much did Adeline and Bob pay of Father's medical bills in America?

3. When did Adeline fly to Hong Kong in Chapter 15?

4. How many children did Bob Mah's parents have?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What happened to H. H. after he was asked to leave Britain?

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

10. What did Lydia want from Adeline?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Adeline endured racial and sexual slights when she attended school in London. Discuss the racial and sexual discrimination and slights that Adeline endured in London and as a doctor.

Essay Topic 2

Adeline broke off her relationship with Karl and returned to Hong Kong. Discuss Adeline's relationship with Karl and why she had to leave to end it.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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