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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. Where do Peanut and Wen Fu meet in Chapter 7?

2. How does Winnie pay for the meals she makes for the pilots after they return from their missions?

3. Where do Pearl and her family live?

4. Who says "Daddy, there's a lady sleeping up there! And her dinner's on fire!"

5. What does the banner say above Auntie Du's casket?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Winnie arrested and jailed?

2. What happens to Winnie's dowry once she is married?

3. When Helen is bragging about her son to Winnie at the beginning of Chapter 4, what is Winnie's reaction?

4. Why does Winnie find it acceptable that Min is living with them?

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

6. Why does Pearl keep her multiple sclerosis a secret from her mother?

7. Why does Winnie believe she killed her unborn baby when she drops the scissors?

8. Why does Pearl no longer like her cousin Mary?

9. What actions does Winnie take to help heal Pearl?

10. How does having multiple sclerosis affect Pearl's daily life?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the circumstances under which Wen Fu bought an old sports car. How does he end up wrecking it in the cemetery? Why does Winnie laugh uncontrollably when she hears this story and says, "I was so glad for that dead Canonese pilot, riding off to heaven in his claimed-back car"?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the significance of Lady Sorrowfree to Pearl's life. Why has Winnie chosen this name and created a goddess just for her daughter? What is Pearl's reaction?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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