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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 many columns wide is the governor's residence in Lu?

2. During Zhu's first class in Chapter 2, how many meals a day and how many hours of sleep does the monk say they got when he was a novice?

3. In Chapter 3, what does Zhu use to make homemade wine?

4. How many raw recruits does Little Guo give Zhu for the purpose of taking Lu?

5. In Chapter 2, how often do the novices get a bath?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 3, which of Lord Essen's warriors is left outside and why?

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

3. How does Zhu take Lu?

4. Why does Ma believe her father was betrayed?

5. When the Prime Minister proposes that Zhu be made a commander, what test is suggested?

6. Who is Altan-Baatar?

7. Why does the Prince of Henan's general come to the monastery at the end of Chapter 4?

8. How does Zhu get admitted to the Wuhuang Monastery?

9. 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?

10. How does Zhu's father die?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Zhu and Ouyang both believe they know how their lives will play out. How do Zhu and Ouyang believe that their lives will play out? What does fate have to do with the futures they envision?

Essay Topic 2

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?

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 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?

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