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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. When are Mei Ling and her family regularly allowed to see Siew in Chapter 20?

2. How old is Joy in Chapter 17?

3. What month is it in Chapter 15?

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

5. In Chapter 16, what does it cost Kai Li to take the ferry daily?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 20, how does Kai Li get permission for Siew to see them on Sundays?

2. Why does Kai Li leave in Chapter 15 when he discovers that Mei Ling is in labor?

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

4. In Chapter 11, how does Mei Ling make plans for Siew's future?

5. At the end of Chapter 13, why does Mei Ling want to take a walk outside by herself?

6. In Chapter 12, what does Mei Ling tell Siew before she leaves?

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

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

9. In Chapter 15, how does Kai Li feel that he has a daughter?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mei Ling and Kai Li are strangers when they are married. How would you describe the relationship between Mei Ling and Kai Li when they marry and before they settle into San Francisco? How does their relationship change? How do they learn to love one another?

Essay Topic 2

Mei Ling’s family used to live in Guangzhou. Why did Mei Ling’s family move to their ancestral village? What role did war and politics play in the move?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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