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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. Who taught Mei to swim?

2. In Chapter 14, how many tours to the south does the Chairman say the emperor made?

3. In Chapter 16, when does Mei learn that Busy Shan's mother fell down stairs?

4. In Chapter 19, what does Mei have to eat when she is sitting with the Chairman and President?

5. How many girls have arrived in Chapter 18 since Dolly Yu comitted suicide?

Short Essay Questions

1. What grandiose plans does Mei have at the beginning of Chapter 21?

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

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

4. What happens to Busy Shan?

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

6. What information does Mei find when she enters Madame's quarters in Chapter 16?

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

8. At the end of Chapter 23, how does Mei see a woman being treated?

9. When Mei, Secretary Sun, and their driver are stopped by a student demonstration, what does Mei see?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mei overhears a conversation between Madame and Teacher Fan in Madame’s quarters. What is communicated about loyalty through the conversation?

Essay Topic 2

Backstories are used to present information about events that happened before incidents in a novel. How do backstories provide insight into characters and events? What is the importance of backstories in Forbidden City?

Essay Topic 3

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

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