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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 does Fei sign his blog message?

2. Who might kick Moyan out of her flat?

3. Why is it worse traveling to a funeral than a wedding?

4. What does Moyan repeatedly dream about?

5. Which animal does Fei compare the girl on the blog to?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Moyan come to see her past?

2. Why does Yilan feel powerless against Fusang?

3. What is Kindness about?

4. How did Yilan lose her daughter?

5. What effect does Fei's upbringing have?

6. How does the surrogacy with Fusang work out?

7. How does Yilan's husband react to her request for a child?

8. How is Yilan living in a prison?

9. What is Prison about?

10. How does Mrs. Jin's ego come across to the reader?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pick a character from the book and discuss his or her goals and motives. Does he/she achieve his/her motive? Does he/she share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do his/her goals clash with other characters? How do the characters' goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?

Essay Topic 2

Why do some of the characters give up on their dreams? How do they come to the realization that they have held themselves back? Which characters do not give up on their dreams and why?

Essay Topic 3

If the book were made into a film, how would Li's style of narrative be reflected in film? Would the book make a good film?

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