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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. How much older is Busy Shan than Mei?

2. Where does the Mei work in the Prologue?

3. In Chapter 7, how many weeks does Mei have to train to pretend to be a student?

4. What dance does Teacher Fan play after Midnight Chang interrupts her and Mei in Chapter 13?

5. When Mei arrives in Chapter 2, how long ago did Midnight Chang arrive?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did the Chairman have a chance to study and learn how to build factories, and why did he not go?

2. Why is writing with brush and ink difficult for Mei in Chapter 9?

3. What does the dance troupe perform and where?

4. What does Mei study with Teacher Fan in Chapter 11?

5. In Chapter 8, what do the Chairman's quarters look like?

6. How is Mei chosen to go to Beijing?

7. What are the lakes like at the Lake Palaces, and how were the lakes created?

8. In Chapter 13, why does Mei wants to see her parents?

9. How does Teacher Fan explain the importance of the girls in the dance troupe?

10. What does Mei do when Secretary Sun takes her to get her belongings in Chapter 8?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mood is an element that authors use to evoke feelings in readers through the use of descriptive language. Mood is the overall feeling that readers have when reading a story. What is the overall mood of Forbidden City?

Essay Topic 2

Mei has never eaten as well as she does at the Lake Palaces. How is the quality and quantity of food different at the Lake Palaces than in Mei’s village? Why is there such inequality?

Essay Topic 3

A simile is a figure of speech that is used to make comparisons between things. How does the use of similes help readers comprehend concepts? How does the use of similes help readers make the writing more interesting? What purpose do similes serve in Forbidden City?

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