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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 word best describes Chin's relationship with her mother?

2. What part of Ming-Feng does Chueh-hui compare with Chin?

3. What does Chueh-hui learn when playing chess with his sister-in-law?

4. Who do the cousins agree not to tell of Mei's return to town?

5. What item does Mrs. Chang want Chueh-hsin to purchase for her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is on Ming-feng's mind in Chapter 4?

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

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

4. How does Chueh-hui spend his house arrest?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Arranged marriages play a large role in the story--please choose two characters and explain how the practice of arranged marriage has affected them specifically. What role does arranged marriage play in the story overall?

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

Please describe the three funerals that occur in this novel. Explain what the reader can learn about each one of these characters through their funerals.

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