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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 does the man apologize to Fei for?

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

3. What did the man and his cousin vow when they were young?

4. What will the court not give Susu?

5. How did Fei's father kill himself?

Short Essay Questions

1. What effect does Fei's upbringing have?

2. How does the surrogacy with Fusang work out?

3. How is Yilan living in a prison?

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

5. Does Yilan like this idea?

6. Why does Teacher Fei decide to seek out the girl's father?

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

8. What is Prison about?

9. How is Moyan treated by Lieutenant Wei?

10. What does Moyan learn from Professor Shan?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the upbringing of a character affect their life? What does the story say about Yiyun Li''s own character and the themes she has expressed the stories?

Essay Topic 2

In what way is love a constant theme throughout the book? In what way do the Chinese view love differently from Western cultures? Does the author share this view?

Essay Topic 3

What is the meaning of each of the stories' titles? How much do the titles foreshadow each story?

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