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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 long after the Chairman takes to his bed does mail stop coming in Chapter 15?

2. When does the President and his wife visit Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Burma in Chapter 21?

3. When Mei goes for a drive with Secretary Sun in Chapter 14, what is the name of the neighbor he points out?

4. In Chapter 24, what river does Mei remember that the Chairman swam in the south about a decade ago?

5. How many families live in the village where the Chairman makes an unscheduled stop in Chapter 20?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mei know and think happens to Busy Shan?

2. In a village the Chairman visits in Chapter 20, what does the storehouse look like?

3. In Chapter 25, where does Mei remember where did the Chairman swam a decade ago?

4. What is the first thing that Mei and the Chairman visit in Shoshan?

5. In Chapter 24, what are Mei's thoughts about what she saw when she toured campuses?

6. In Chapter 15, who does the Chairman see when he becomes ill?

7. What do the papers say about the Chairman's swim in the Yangtze in Chapter 25?

8. How does Secretary Sun introduce Mei to the President and the Chairman?

9. What does Mei learn about Teacher Fan in Chapter 24?

10. What outfit does Teacher Fan give Mei to wear for National Day?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Busy Shan is one of the few girls who welcome Mei when she joins the troop. What type of relationship do Busy Shan and Mei have? How and why does their relationship change?

Essay Topic 2

Genre is a means of classifying literature. What is the genre of the novel? Why is it not a history or a biography?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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