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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. How does most of the Kao family treat servants and those of a lower class?

2. Why are the boys hurrying home to dinner at the beginning of the book?

3. Why do the two brothers head over to Chin's house after they pay their respects to the gods?

4. Why does Chueh-hsin love plum blossoms so much?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What do Chueh-hui and Jui-cheuh talk about in the garden?

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

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

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

7. How does Chueh-hui vent his frustrations while under his house arrest?

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

9. How do the students respond when the governor does not keep his promise to meet their demands?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay stating whether or not you believe this novel should be considered a tragedy, please use examples from the novel. Please also identify any tragic hero and explain any tragic flaw that exists for that hero.

Essay Topic 3

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.?

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