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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 is Cheuh-hsin hiding behind a shelter at the other end of the Kao compound?

2. What is Cousin Mei's disposition when the two younger brother see her at Chin's house?

3. Besides the boys' cousin, what other relatives are at dinner during the first three chapters of the story?

4. What decision does Chueh-hui make, despite the fact it may anger his grandfather?

5. What do Chin and Cheuh-min think of the boys shooting fireworks at the dancers?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the occurrence with Chueh-hui and the begger boy?

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

4. Why is Cheuh-hsin hiding on New Year's Day?

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

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

7. What does Chueh-hsin feel has happened to all his dreams in Chapter 6?

8. What is Cheuh-hui's reaction to the dragon show?

9. Please describe Chin.

10. What does Chin think about going to the boys school?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Please describe the religion setting in China at the time this story takes place. What role, if any, does religion play in the story and in the lives of some of the main characters. Do you think that religion was portrayed negatively, positively, or objectively in this story?

Essay Topic 2

This novel delves heavily into various relationship, both family and romantic. Please choose two of the relationships that you observed in the novel and dissect it, the parties involved and the role that this relationship played in the novel at large. Did these relationships serve to further the plot, theme, mood, tone, etc.?

Essay Topic 3

We reviewed the practice of concubinage--what is concubinage and what role does it play in the story? What influence, if any, do you think the traditional social role of women in China during the early 1900s have on the practice of concubinage?

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