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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 is the name of the family's favorite eating place where Joseph takes Anna?

2. Joseph is moved to the ______ hotel, where he learns that all foreigner assets have been frozen, as well as bank accounts.

3. The American ___________ is the facility that helps by delivering food and supplies to the internment camp.

4. What begins to return to normal after the Japanese take over in Shanghai?

5. Where does Anna decide to hide the yen note she finds on the floor?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Joseph do in his office once he realizes that he might be in danger with this new political climate?

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

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

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

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

7. What does Joseph do with Anna when they go to the Foreign Correspondents Club on Saturday mornings?

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

9. What do the men attempt to do in order to help the internees have what they need?

10. What does Joseph say when Genevieve tells him that she has purchased tickets for the family to return to the United States?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Genevieve has always thought of Shanghai as a temporary home, so she is ready to move back to the United States when the time comes.

Part 1: Do you think Genevieve should have thought of Shanghai as a temporary home?

Part 2: Do you think Joseph believes Shanghai to be a temporary home?

Part 3: Why do you think Genevieve believed Shanghai to be a temporary home?

Essay Topic 2

Joseph is arrested and held in solitary confinement for his presumed crimes.

Part 1: Why do you think Joseph is arrested?

Part 2: Why do you think Joseph isn't killed during his imprisonment?

Part 3: What might be some of the effects of the time in solitary confinement?

Essay Topic 3

Joseph doesn't get a job as Genevieve suggests, which upsets her as they begin their new life in California.

Part 1: Why doesn't Joseph get a job as he is asked to do by his wife?

Part 2: How might you have responded if your spouse didn't get a job as you expected them to?

Part 3: Do you think Joseph should have gotten a job?

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