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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 used to be the name of B-Mor?

2. In Chapter 2, how many cars, trucks, scooters, and buses does the narrator say there were in their town before they left New China?

3. In Chapter 4, what type of old car hits Fan?

4. In Chapter 8, what is the name of the seasoned tank diver who has to retire because of a diagnosis of terminal illness?

5. In Chapter 9, how often has Sewey been sick in the last few weeks?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 2, what was different about the immigration of the narrator's predecessors to B-Mor?

2. At the end of Chapter 4, what happens after Fan makes a mess in the storage closet where she is put after arriving at Quig's place?

3. What was Quig's background?

4. In Chapter 6, how did Reg end up with mixed blood in his family?

5. At the end of Chapter 8, what do the narrators say would happen if the Charters start growing their own products?

6. In Chapter 4, how is the area described that Fan first travels through?

7. In Chapter 1, who is Fan and what was she like?

8. What is known about when Fan left B-Mor?

9. In Chapter 9, why do Quig, Loreen, and Fan take a trip up north?

10. Why do Quig and Glynnis ask the innkeepers about buying the inn in Chapter 11?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Quig decides to use Fan to barter for the digging equipment and medicine that he needs. Why does Quig make the decision to use Fan as barter? How does the way that Quig treats Fan after that decision seem to reveal about the emotions he feels about bartering her? Do his actions seem to reflect guilt?

Essay Topic 2

The girls at Miss Cathy’s decide to help Fan. Do the girls know how their decision to help Fan might affect their lives? What sacrifices do the girls make to try to help Fan? How do those sacrifices affect their lives?

Essay Topic 3

There are several symbiotic relationships in the novel. In what way is the relationship between Quig and the people living in his compound symbiotic? How is the relationship between the Charters and B-Mor symbiotic? What issues might develop if a symbiotic relationship breaks down? What is revealed about those problems when cracks develop in the relationship between B-Mor and the Charters?

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