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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 are the remaining people at the Kao compound fearful of as the fighting ceases?

2. How do Cheuh-hui and Cheuh-min feel about the many lewd entertainments at the birthday celebration?

3. What does Master Kao tell Cheuh-min right before his death?

4. Why has Uncle Ke-ting been stealing from his wife?

5. How does Cheuh-hui get the others to turn the boat around and head back home?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Cheuh-hsin try to help Cheuh-min with his arranged marriage?

3. Why are the women scared of the curse of the blood-glow?

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

5. What do Cheuh-hsin and Mei talk about while in the garden at the Kao compound?

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

7. How does Cheuh-hui feel about his life after Ming-feng's death?

8. What does Ming-feng do when she hears that she is to be Master Feng's concubine?

9. How does Cheuh-hui hear of Jui-cheuh's move and what is his response?

10. Why is Chin so upset in Chapter 22?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

How was the literary technique of the love triangle used in this book and what parties were involved? In the end what is the outcome of the love triangle?

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