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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 stage before he is shipped to Vancouver in order to get him out the country?

2. What does Joseph do for the family in order to help them out with their home?

3. Genevieve learns that Joseph will arrive in _________ in mid-December after the conflict is over.

4. What does Joseph obtain in order to begin to import cars and trucks into the country?

5. Joseph ends up telling Anna that Shanghai is not a __________ for a little girl.

Short Essay Questions

1. Where do Jack and Anna live once they are married after she graduates from college?

2. What happens as a result of the investigations by the Communist government?

3. What experience does Anna and Genevieve share when they go to breakfast after mass one Sunday?

4. What happens when Joseph opens the house on Hungjoa during this part of the story?

5. What does Genevieve wish for her life once she finds out she is sick?

6. What do prisoners have to do as a part of their imprisonment by the Communist government?

7. What does Joseph include in a brief letter to Anna in the months after Genevieve's funeral?

8. What does Joseph learn about his finances on New Year's Day 1949?

9. Why does Joseph decide to buy several guns when he is living in China?

10. What does Genevieve show to Anna after the party for her and Jack?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Anna learns about the war and its atrocities, even though her parents try to shield her from it.

Part 1: Why do you think Anna's parents still reveal details about the war in front of their daughter?

Part 2: Should a child be exposed to the details of war and conflict?

Part 3: Do you think it's possible to completely shield a child from the horrors in the world?

Essay Topic 3

Joseph becomes poor as a result of the war time restrictions. He needs to sell the things that he owns in order to have money to live.

Part 1: How do you think Joseph feels about becoming poor?

Part 2: Do you think the rich should be made poor during times of war?

Part 3: Why do you think the government restricts the assets of the rich during the war time?

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