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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 color fur is Esen's cape in Chapter 5?

2. What general defected and led the Red Turban rebels in Chapter 5?

3. At the end of Chapter 8, how long has it been since Esen has been able to attend the Spring Hunt?

4. On the lake in Chapter 7, how tall are the bodhisattva statues by the lake?

5. What does Zhu catch in a trap in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Ma believe her father was betrayed?

2. What do Zhu and Xu Da pretend to be to get inside the gates of Lu?

3. What is Lord Wang's response when his father asks him to join the army as a battalion commander, and what is the Prince's response?

4. What does Zhu see when she observes the eunuch standing in the courtyard?

5. What does Zhu do when the Red Turbans and the Prince of Henan's armies face one another at the Yuan?

6. What happened to the elm trees?

7. What does the monastery look like?

8. In Chapter 1, what does Zhu cook and how much of it does she get to eat?

9. How does Zhu avoid communal bathing and revealing that she is a girl?

10. What happens after the dam on the Yuan breaks?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ouyang is a eunuch. How and why did Ouyang become a eunuch? Why did he accept that mutilation?

Essay Topic 2

Idioms are words that have a figurative, rather than a literal meaning. How are idioms used in She Who Becomes the Sun to help characters communicate? How do idioms help create word pictures and mental images for readers in a concise manner? Why can it be difficult to decipher idioms from context?

Essay Topic 3

There are extreme disparities between men and women in She Who Became the Sun. How are men and women treated differently in the novel? How are women discriminated against?

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