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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 is the name of Cecily Wong's servant who is supposed to gather mangoes from under a tree?

2. What color were the roofs in China?

3. How many children does Samuels have?

4. Who helps Pao's mother make saltfish fritters?

5. The ring that Pao buys Fay is __________ gold.

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the waitress who is with Helena Meacham when Helena murders the boys?

2. What did Gloria ask Pao to do at the beginning of Chapter 1?

3. What does Morrison want Pao to do for Captain Mecham?

4. What were some of the subjects that Gloria and her friends talked about when Pao first came to dinner?

5. What payment did Zhang get when he first worked for Chin?

6. Describe the priest that Fay begins seeing.

7. Describe Dr. Morrison's garden at the hospital.

8. Why doesn't Finley want to hire Samuels?

9. Why does Zhang say that the Jamaicans riot?

10. How do Pao and Henry Wong become business partners?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the way that Fay and her mother treat people who are not of their social class.

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 23, Pao agrees to work with Kenneth in the supermarket business. Discuss the business arrangement between Pao and the Wong's and how it works out.

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 27, Pao and Cicely discuss Mui and Xiuquan. The objective of this lesson is to compare and contrast Mui and Xiuquan.

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