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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. Why did Niang need surgery?

2. When did Byron decide to buy a restaurant?

3. What was H. H. Tien studying?

4. When was Niang's funeral held?

5. How large was the diamond on Niang's ring?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Adeline get the money for a plane ticket to America?

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

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

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

5. What did C. S. do after he was asked to leave Britain?

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

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

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

9. How was Aunt Baba when Adeline saw her in March, 1994?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Grandmother died at the age of fifty-five. Discuss Grandmother's death and how it affected Adeline.

Essay Topic 2

Ye Ye invested money in his son's company. Discuss how Ye Ye helped Joseph get his start and how Joseph repaid the favor.

Essay Topic 3

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

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