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

2. What is Bao-bao handing out at Auntie Du's funeral?

3. What does Winnie say she acted like when she was newly married?

4. When Winnie and the others are escaping Nanking, how many suitcases are they allowed to bring?

5. What kind of shop does Pearl's mother run?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Winnie name the statue Lady Sorrowfree?

3. How does Winnie show her innocence about marriage?

4. How does Little Yu's mother help Peanut leave her husband?

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

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

7. When Winnie confronts Wen Fu about abusing the servant girl, what does Wen Fu do to Yiku?

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

9. What story does Winnie devise as a reason for why she and Danru are leaving her father's house?

10. What happens when Pearl realizes that Wen Fu is her biological father?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Winnie remember about her mother, particularly the last day she spent with her? How does Winnie's mother's disappearance change the course of Winnie's life? Provide several examples that show how Winnie feels about not having her mother to guide her.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss what Winnie learns from her relationship with Gan. Why does she feel she know his heart better than Wen Fu's? Why is it that she claims his love only after he has died?

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