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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 banner say above Auntie Du's casket?

2. At the market in Nanking, what do Winnie and Hulan buy just before the Japanese planes fly over, dropping leaflets and causing panic?

3. What name do Peanut and Winnie use for each other right before Winnie is married?

4. What did they call Betty Wan during wartime?

5. Who is Wen Fu?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Winnie find when she returns to Tsungming Island to visit her aunts and uncle?

2. What surprises Pearl at Auntie Du's funeral?

3. What is the relationship between Winnie and Aunt Helen?

4. What is the relationship between Helen and Winnie?

5. Why does Winnie send Danru up north to stay with Hulan and Jiaguo?

6. How does Winnie respond when she sees Lin outside the church one Sunday?

7. Why does Pearl feel silly about participating in the Buddhist ritual of chanting around Auntie Du's casket?

8. What kind of items does Helen have in her big bag that she uses for a purse?

9. What does Auntie Du leave in her will to Pearl?

10. What is Wen Fu's role in Yiku's death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Winnie's story of her life as Wen Fu's wife takes place in a variety of locations. How does she adapt to the different places she stays during the war? Do these locations teach her something new? Choose two settings and compare and contrast their importance in Winnie's life.

Essay Topic 2

Describe Wen Fu's behavior toward Yiku after she is born. Why is he insulted by her reaction to him? How is his negative behavior heightened by his feelings of humiliation when the hospital staff refuses to serve him? Discuss how Yiku pays the price for his humiliation.

Essay Topic 3

Winnie often says of Auntie Du that she was a good person. Provide examples from the novel that reflect Auntie Du's kindness and the ways in which she tried to help Winnie at her trial and while she is in prison.

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