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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 fruit does Kai Li give Bo and Mei Ling to try in Chapter 19?

2. How long has Mei Ling been caring for Bo in Chapter 12?

3. What is in the picture Siew drew that Mei Ling gives her at the end of Chapter 12?

4. Who says that the stove was built in in Wong Lew She's house?

5. What does the Presbyterian church plan to call their home for Chinese girls in Chapter 20?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mei Ling learn when she goes to the store that has been buying her embroidery?

2. What dream does Kai Li have and why can he not fulfil it in Chapter 17?

3. Why does Kai Li bring home a box in Chapter 17?

4. How does Mei Ling learn where Siew is in Chapter 19?

5. In Chapter 12, what does Mei Ling dream her home in San Francisco will be like?

6. What does Siew ask when Mei Ling is praying with her Quan Yin?

7. In Chapter 18, how is Mei Ling feeling about her life?

8. What is Kai Li's story in Chapter 20?

9. How does Mei Ling start making some extra money in Chapter 16?

10. In Chapter 17, what is the new apartment like?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Some elements in the book are taken from historical information. What elements in the book are based upon historical information? How does the author imitate real life in the book?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

The climax in a novel is the highest point of tension and a turning point. What is the climax of the novel and why is that incident the climax?

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