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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. Who becomes more talkative and more open as time goes on?

2. The family welcomes Joseph to __________, and he is soon accepted as a part of the family again.

3. What does Joseph send to Anna as a gift on her seventeenth birthday?

4. Genevieve tells Anna that Joseph will need time to _________ after he is back in Los Angeles with his family.

5. What office has frozen the assets of Joseph, according to the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is not in the letter that Genevieve receives from Joseph in May of 1942?

2. What does Joseph do when the government orders him to leave Hong Kong?

3. What happens when Anna decides to read about her mother's diagnosis at the library?

4. What does Genevieve tell Anna about when she calls her in January 1954?

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

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

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

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

9. What does Anna hear her father tell her mother after he comes back to the house after the run-in at the restaurant?

10. What happens when Genevieve and Anna decide to go to eat at Jimmy's?

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

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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