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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 do the women declare war on?

2. What are the pharmacy workers talking about?

3. What is the main reason the women went into business together?

4. Why does Ying reprint the picture of Ailin with her sisters?

5. Where does Ailin remember the photographer touching her?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the six women plan to deal with house fires?

2. What happens when they are approached by a man?

3. Why is Ailin alone?

4. What does she suggest to him?

5. What is the girl's situation?

6. How does the story end?

7. What is the effect of the promise?

8. What is the significance of moving home?

9. What is the metaphor of A House Fire?

10. How is Ailin made to blame by her friends?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the differences between a novel and a short story in terms of the following?

1. Language.

2. Character.

3. Structure.

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

What do the common goal's of the characters say about human nature? What lessons are learned by the characters? What lessons are not learned? What does the writer want to tell the reader about human nature?

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