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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. Where does Daniel meet Michael in Chapter 5?

2. In Chapter 2, where does Daniel remember seeing a Chinese woman who told him in Mandarin she was lost and who asked for help?

3. In Chapter 2, where does Daniel remember attending SUNY?

4. How much taller is Daniel Wilkinson than Deming Guo once had been?

5. In Chapter 9, when does Hutch, the Jupitor booker, plan to come to another show Daniel and Roland will be playing in?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Polly send Deming back to China to live with her father?

2. Why does Vivian Deming to social services?

3. What is a birthday tradition for the Wilkinsons, and how does that work on Deming's birthday?

4. How is Daniel reunited with Vivian, and what does she give him?

5. In Chapter 2, why does Daniel leave when he is supposed to be playing for Roland?

6. What does Daniel learn about Vivian's role in him being placed with the Wilkinsons?

7. What conversation do Daniel and Kay have on her birthday?

8. Why do Daniel's parents come to visit him in New York?

9. Who becomes Deming's first friend?

10. What is the apartment like where Polly and Yong live?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Polly and Yong began dating, she never told him about her son. As the years passed, she kept the information about her son a secret. Why does Polly keep Deming a secret from Yong until she reunites with her son?

Essay Topic 2

Accumulation is a literary device that allows an author to gather scattered ideas in a literary work and gradually build on information readers need to know. From whose perspective are various sections told? How does each section add information? How does the use of multiple viewpoints, flashbacks, and other literary devices allow Ko to use accumulation to advance the plot and provide important details to readers?

Essay Topic 3

Everything is very different in Ridgeborough. Deming struggles to adjust to a new culture, and he misses his mother and family. How does Deming adjust to living with the Wilkinsons, and what challenges does he face?

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