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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 is life like?

2. What are Moyan's father's hands good for?

3. What does the girl try to do to her father?

4. Where does Fei want his mother to die?

5. What is unusual about the girl in the fashion magazine?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Moyan meet Lietenaunt Wei?

2. What is The Proprietress about?

3. What effect does Fei's upbringing have?

4. What is the effect of Fusang finding her son?

5. What becomes Teacher Fei's obsession?

6. What irritates Teacher Fei about the girl?

7. How does the surrogacy with Fusang work out?

8. What is Kindness about?

9. How does Teacher Fei compare his life to the other man?

10. How did Yilan lose her daughter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following and discuss how it affects the tone of the book and helps to express character and theme.

1. Setting

2. Point of view

3. Structure

4. Language

Essay Topic 2

What was the society of China as depicted in the book? What problems does the author highlight about society in China? What within the society does the author suggest creates these problems?

Essay Topic 3

What do the the failed marriages symbolize in context of the story? What meaning does it give to each story where a marriage has not worked out?

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