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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 9, what color candles burn in the Prime Minister's throne room?
2. In Chapter 5, what city does Shao believe they will be able to take before winter?
3. What happens to Prefect Fang in Chapter 4?
4. In Chapter 2, what color are the monastic robes the boys wear in Chapter 2?
5. In Chapter 4, from what wood are the side tables made in the Abbot's office?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happened to the elm trees?
2. What does the monastery look like?
3. Who is Lord Wang Baoxiang?
4. What does Zhu receive for her first meal at the monastery?
5. How is Zhu reunited with Xu Da?
6. What does Zhu see when she observes the eunuch standing in the courtyard?
7. In Chapter 3, what does it look like when The Prince of Henan and his sons come to the monastery?
8. How does Zhu's father die?
9. In Chapter 3, which of Lord Essen's warriors is left outside and why?
10. What is the Mandate of Heaven?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Some of the monks violate the five precepts they are to live by. How do the Abbot, Zhu, and Xu Da violate one or more of the precepts? How do they reconcile the violation of the precepts with their conscience?
Essay Topic 2
Setting is the place and time where a novel takes place. What is the setting in She Who Became the Sun? How does the setting evoke feelings or set the mood in the book?
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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