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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 meets Mei at the train station in Chapter 23?

2. In Chapter 17, what does the Chairman request to eat?

3. How many pockets are on the chest of the Chairman's suit in Chapter 18?

4. Where does the Chairman swim in Chapter 25?

5. In Chapter 20, how long do the Chairman and Mei travel?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 16, what does Mei overhear outside Madame's quarters?

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

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

4. What does Mei find in the mail addressed to her in Chapter 15?

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

6. With does Mei notice about the Chairman's boyhood home?

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

8. What happens to Busy Shan?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Setting is the place and time where a narrative takes place. Where are some places where Forbidden City takes place? How do these settings evoke feelings or set the mood in the book?

Essay Topic 3

Mei is given a mission in Chapter 7. What is her mission? Is she being used as a pawn?

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