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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 languages did Secretary Sun learn at the university?

2. In Chapter 9, what is the name of the servant who brings tea and snacks?

3. How does Dolly Yu die?

4. How long after Mei arrives at the capital does Teacher Fan announce that the girls will perform for troops around the country?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. When does the Chairman die, and how do the people of Chinatown in San Francisco respond?

2. What did the Chairman and a friend to on one summer break from school?

3. What happens to Dolly Yu?

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

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

6. What does Mei's mother do for her and give her before Mei lives for Beijing?

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

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

9. What does Mei learn about the daughter of the Chairman and Madame?

10. In Chapter 7, what is to be Mei's job?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mei matures and changes in Forbidden City. Is her story a Bildungsroman or a coming-of-age story?

Essay Topic 2

Mei returns to Beijing in Chapter 23. Why does Mei go to Beijing without the Chairman? What is communicated about the Cultural Revolution through her observations?

Essay Topic 3

Imagery is a literary device authors use to describe characters and the world they inhabit. Imagery involves using the five senses to describe characters, places, and things. How does Hua use imagery to help readers imagine the world and characters she has created?

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