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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. Why do they not let Cheuh-hsin into the room when Jui-cheuh is giving birth?

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

3. What punishment does Master Kao make Ke-ting do in front of everyone?

4. When Cheuh-hui hears that Jui-cheuh has been moved what does he tell his older brother?

5. What does Cheuh-hsin tell Mei when he sees her in the garden?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Chin so upset in Chapter 22?

2. What role does Cheuh-hui play in Cheuh-min's hiding?

3. What happens during Jui-cheuh's childbirth?

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

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

6. Why is Chien-erh burning paper money?

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

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

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

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

Please compare and contrast the romantic relationship of Chueh-hsin and Mei with that of Chueh-min and Chin. What outside influences have affected both relationships and how do the participants in each relationship fare because of these influences?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Please choose one major theme in the story "Family" to identify and outline. How is this theme seen throughout the novel? Who in the novel does this theme affect? Was this theme central to the novel or could it have stood without this theme?

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