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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. What exam does Chueh-min help Chin study for?

2. How old is Ming-Feng?

3. How does Cheuh-hui feel about the boys shooting fireworks at the dancers?

4. Who sent Ming-Feng off to be a servant?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Chueh-hui think of Ming-feng in Chapter 3?

4. What news does Chin share about Mei in Chapter 7?

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

6. What does Chueh-hui overhear Ming-fung and Wan-erh talking about?

7. How is Mama Huang described?

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

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

10. How does Uncle Ke-ting prepare for the fireworks show?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

How was foreshadowing used in this story? Do you think that the use of foreshadowing was helpful to you as a reader? Why or why not?

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