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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. In Chapter 5, what group of people provided the army's expertise in engineering and siege weaponry?

2. In Chapter 9, how old does Zhu think that Ma is?

3. What color gown does the Prince of Radiance wear at the end of Chapter 11?

4. In Chapter 10, how many wives does Esen have?

5. In Chapter 5 when Essen emerges from her ger, how many soldiers stand at Ouyang's back?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Little Guo think the victory at the Yao River should be accredited to him?

3. Why does Ma believe her father was betrayed?

4. Who is Altan-Baatar?

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

6. How does Zhu's father die?

7. Who is Lord Wang Baoxiang?

8. 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?

9. In Chapter 3, what does it look like when The Prince of Henan and his sons come to the monastery?

10. What does Prefect Fang accuse Zhu of in Chapter 3?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view of She Who Became the Sun? How does the way that the third-person narrator follows different characters influence what readers know about events and characters? How does having the narrator follow different characters help readers connect with and understand characters?

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

In She Who Became the Sun some characters are more thoroughly described than others. Who are some characters that are merely named in passing or have a minor role in the novel? What is the importance of these flat characters to the storyline? In what way do these characters make the main characters more colorful or interesting? When there is conflict, what type of role do these flat characters play?

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