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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 does Joseph tell Anna the gendarmes are looking for in the city?

2. How many other men are assigned to the same room that Joseph is assigned to?

3. Joseph is accused of witnessing a prisoner, _________, asking to have a letter smuggled out of the camp.

4. Joseph finds out that the bombings in the city had been a/an ____________.

5. In what sort of house does the family live when they are in Shanghai?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the United States government tell Americans in Shanghai to do when things become more violent?

2. Why does Gran tell Anna that things will get better, after Anna and her mother have moved to California?

3. What does Genevieve do on Anna's seventh birthday, as described in this section of the book?

4. Why are Anna and Joseph in Hsin Hung Chong during this part of the story?

5. What does Joseph feel about his money making opportunities outside of Shanghai?

6. What do the men at the internment camp find out about the Japanese?

7. Why does Anna's father spend the night sitting beside Anna's bed?

8. Why does Genevieve tell Mei Wah to take Anna home during their shopping trip?

9. What is the new business that Joseph becomes involved in once the Japanese have taken over?

10. When does the family share an emotional goodbye before Anna and Genevieve start their journey to Los Angeles?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many of the family's friends have left Shanghai, but Joseph refuses to do so, even though the area is dangerous and unstable.

Part 1: Why do you think Joseph doesn't want to leave Shanghai?

Part 2: Why have so many of Joseph's friends left Shanghai?

Part 3: How do you think you might act if others in your life left your city or the country in a time of crisis?

Essay Topic 2

Some people in Shanghai continue to go about their daily lives, unaware of the conflict.

Part 1: Why do you think some people are unaware of the conflict?

Part 2: Do you think it would be possible to not know of a war where you are living now?

Part 3: How do you think people should behave during times of war?

Essay Topic 3

Anna is afraid of being hurt again when her father begins to write to her and her mother again.

Part 1: Why do you think Anna is afraid of being hurt by her father again?

Part 2: How might you respond to Joseph if you were in Anna's position?

Part 3: What do you think Joseph really wants from his family?

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