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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. How does Wen Fu behave towards the other pilots when they're playing cards after dinner?

2. What is Winnie's favorite piece of furniture that she bought for her dowry?

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

4. What surprises Pearl about Auntie Du's casket?

5. How long did Winnie live with her uncle and his wives on Tsungming Island?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the fortune teller say she can do to change Winnie's bad luck?

2. How do the pilot's wives create a bathhouse for their own use?

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

4. What kind of gossip does Peanut tell Winnie about the Wens' export business?

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

6. How does Winnie think about her past as a stain on her life?

7. Why is Winnie so mad at Helen for buying a three-day-old fish?

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

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

10. How does Winnie show her innocence about marriage?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the significance of Winnie's refusal to back down about the bitter taste of the cabbage dish that Wen Fu makes her eat for two weeks. How is this a bitter cabbage a symbol of Wen Fu and Winnie's marriage? Why does Winnie feel good about her act of defiance against Wen Fu's controlling behavior?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the ways in which Winnie and Pearl become closer after each reveals her secret. How do they treat each other with more understanding and tolerance? How does Pearl react to learning Wen Fu is most likely her father? What does Winnie do that makes Pearl feel the burden of her illness grows lighter?

Essay Topic 3

Secrets play an important role in The Kitchen God's Wife. Identify who is keeping secrets and why they are worried about others finding out. How do you think having secrets harms a relationship? Provide specific examples from the novel to support your viewpoint.

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