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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What subject does Chueh-hsin expect to go study at university?
(a) Science.
(b) Business.
(c) Math.
(d) English.

2. What does Chueh-hui learn when playing chess with his sister-in-law?
(a) That she is miserable at the Kao home.
(b) That she is pregnant with her second child.
(c) That she lost some things too when she married Chueh-hsin.
(d) That she is a master chess player.

3. What role does Chueh-hsin play in the fireworks display?
(a) He sings.
(b) He is a dancer.
(c) He sets off the fireworks.
(d) He provides live music.

4. How old was Ming-Feng when she was sent to be a servant?
(a) Seven years old.
(b) Six years old.
(c) Nine years old.
(d) Eight years old.

5. What does Cheuh-hui realize about how the talk of change and the new order affects Cheuh-hsin?
(a) He realizes it must give him hope because he wants change.
(b) He realizes it makes him happy because he is free.
(c) He realizes it must anger him because he likes tradition.
(d) He realizes it must devastate him because he is stuck.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word best describes Chin's relationship with her mother?

2. How old is Chueh-hsin when he finds out his father has arranged his marriage?

3. What campaign do the students launch?

4. In Chapter 11, how does Chueh-hui vent his frustrations?

5. What does Chueh-hui do with the book his grandfather gives him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is life like on the compound in Chapter 17 when Chin comes to stay?

2. What news does a classmate tell Chueh-hui as he is leaving his brother's office?

3. Why does Chueh-hui join students at the park after hearing what the soldiers have done?

4. What does Chueh-hsin share with his brothers about the night their father died?

5. How is Mei when her cousins first see her in Chapter 15?

6. What secret does Chin share with her cousins about Chueh-hsin and Mei?

7. What is a common theme seen in Chapters 4 through 6?

8. How does Cheuh-hui try to spend time with Ming-feng in Chapter 3?

9. From what is shared in the first three chapters, how is the brothers' family best described?

10. How does Chueh-hsin feel about his arranged marriage and his new wife?

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