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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 outside Shen Te's shop gossip about?

2. What does Mrs. Mi Tzu want Shen Te to pay her six months in advance?

3. What is the name of the shop's former owner?

4. What kind of insect does Shen Te tell a story about?

5. Who are the townsfolk expecting to visit them?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Shen Te help out Wong?

2. How does Shen Te help the carpenter?

3. Why does Shui Ta say $300 for the shop is not enough?

4. What does Shui Ta tell the Gods?

5. How doees Shu Fu help Shen Te?

6. Summarize scene four.

7. How do Shen Te's problems increase in scene two?

8. How does Shen Te help Yang Sun in scene 4?

9. What happens outside Shen Te's shop?

10. Summarize scene six.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 2

Why is Wong's role as an outsider important to the play? How would the story change if the Gods asked help from a character more established in the community? Why do the Gods never see Wong as a good person? What does that say about how people view outsiders?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss elements of the narrative structure: Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the novel's themes?

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