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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 physical feat was Ji Li tested for at the beginning of the book?

2. What was Ji Li most upset about while she was sick with a fever?

3. Why was Ji Li included in a poster?

4. What was Ji Yung doing when something was stolen from him?

5. What was Long's occupation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened at the Great Prosperity Market and why?

2. What did Ji Li have to do outside of Jiang-Xi's house?

3. Who were the Red Successors?

4. How did Grandmother feel about the Four lds, and how did Ji Li respond to this?

5. How did Mom preserve her ancestor's clothing?

6. What did Dad do with Grandmother's trunks, and why?

7. What was a Four Old?

8. What made Ji Li happy to skip school?

9. What made Ji Li get a lecture from the Red Successors?

10. What was Ji Li's living situation at the beginning of the book?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Death and mortality were two integral themes of this plot. What are some of the key examples of this theme, and how did the presence of this theme affect the main characters?

Essay Topic 2

Anger was a vice that reared its ugly head a number of times in this book. What are some examples of this, and how was the plot altered because of these incidents?

Essay Topic 3

What are some of the ways Mother and Father showed their love to each other, and how did these displays affect Ji Li's ideas about life?

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