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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 is the name of Cheuh-hui's new magazine in Chapter 27?

2. Who is Cheuh-min to be married to?

3. What advice does Cheuh-hsin give to his youngest brother about his arranged marriage?

4. What does Chin tell Cheuh-hui she is determined about?

5. Who beings arguing over the property soon after Master Kao passes?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Chien-erh burning paper money?

2. Why is Chin so upset in Chapter 22?

3. How does Master Kao respond to Ke-ting's misdeeds?

4. What happens when news of the looting comes to the Kao compound?

5. What is the entertainment like at Master Kao's birthday and how to the two youngest brothers feel about it?

6. What is the general response to the death of Master Kao?

7. Because of their fear of the curse, what to the women pressure Cheuh-hsin to do and how does his wife feel about this?

8. How does the family feel the night that fighting breaks out around the city?

9. What do the superstitious family members do to try and rid Master Kao of his illness?

10. How does Jui-cheuh seem to respond to Mei initially?

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 explain the difference between protagonist and antagonist characters and their roles in a story. Who would be considered antagonist(s) and protagonist(s) in the story "Family" and how did you come to this conclusion?

Essay Topic 3

Please clarify the differences between mood, tone, and theme in a piece of literature. What is the mood and tone of "Family"? What is the main theme(s) of the story?

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