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

2. What is the state of the house Jui-cheuh must live in outside the city?

3. What word does Cheuh-hui use to describe his older brother in Chapter 26?

4. Who is the first person Cheuh-hui goes to see after he visits his ill grandfather?

5. How does Master Kao respond to Cheuh-hsin's request to call off his youngest brother's arranged marriage?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why do two policemen come to Cheuh-hui's magazine office?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pathos was used in this book. Please explain what pathos is and how it was used in this story.

Essay Topic 2

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?

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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