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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 Mrs. Jin hiding Susu from?

2. What should a soldier never do?

3. Where has Moyan lived other than home?

4. What can't Fei do in his mother's presence?

5. What caused the most fury among the parents and teachers of Fei's school?

Short Essay Questions

1. What irritates Teacher Fei about the girl?

2. What does Moyan learn from Professor Shan?

3. What effect does Fei's upbringing have?

4. How does Mrs. Jin use her power?

5. What is Kindness about?

6. Does Moyan trust Lieutenant Wei?

7. How does the surrogacy with Fusang work out?

8. What becomes Teacher Fei's obsession?

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

Why does Professor Dai want her son to marry Siyu? In what way were the characters of Gold Boy, Emerald Girl happeier before?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Examine the author's writing style. How would you describe the author's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does she use? What meaning does the author's style give to the story?

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