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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 month is it in Chapter 1?

2. In Chapter 2, what does Ahma give Mei Ling before she leaves?

3. What does June bring Mei Ling after Jui Lan's death in Chapter 10?

4. When does Mei Ling realize that Bo will be three in Chapter 3?

5. In Chapter 10, what is Mei Ling given to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. How had Mei Ling's mother raised her daughters differently than many other mothers?

2. What does Mei Ling learn about Bo and Wong Lew She in Chapter 5?

3. In Chapter 4, what photos do Chinn Kai Li, Mei Ling, and Bo have taken?

4. Who does Mei Ling meet in Chapter 6, and what advice does she give her?

5. Why does Kai Li get off the ship before Mei Ling and Bo do?

6. Why does Mei Ling think of Japan as a treacherous country in Chapter 7?

7. In Chapter 2, what is wrong with Jah Jeh, and why is it a problem?

8. Who is Pasha in Chapter 7, and what does he bring Mei Ling and then tell her?

9. Why does Mei Ling have to give a doctor a bribe in Chapter 10?

10. How does Kai Li look when Mei Ling sees him in Chapter 8?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mei Ling is shocked by her living quarters in San Francisco. What did Mei Ling imagine that her living quarters would be like? How are her living quarters different than what she expected? What did Mei Ling assume because her husband is supposed to be a merchant? How is reality much different than her expectations?

Essay Topic 2

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?

Essay Topic 3

Mei Ling has to take a new name when she is married. Why does Mei Ling have to become Wong Lew She? What is Wong Lew She’s zodiac sign? What is Mei Ling’s? How does Mei Ling have to pretend to be someone and something she is not? How does Mei Ling have to give up her identity and how does that affect her?

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