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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. How long has Ma lived in the Guo household?

2. In Chapter 7, with how many members of her squad does Zhu share a tent?

3. What sutra does Zhu recite when he meets Little Guo and Ma Xiuying?

4. Where does Ma have a mole?

5. What color fur is Esen's cape in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens to Prefect Fang after Zhu puts him in a compromising position?

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 receive for her first meal at the monastery?

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

6. How does Zhu take Lu?

7. How is Zhu reunited with Xu Da?

8. How does Zhu's father die?

9. What does Zhu do when Prefect Fang is about to accuse her of consorting with a nun?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Zhu is searching for identity. How and why is Zhu searching for identity? How does she borrow her brother’s identity? Does she ever find and accept her own identity?

Essay Topic 2

The abbot is willing to make sacrifices to achieve his mission. What is the abbot’s mission? How and why does he abandon the precepts he is to follow as a monk to achieve his mission?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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