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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. How long after Daniel's first visit to see Angel, Jim, and Elaine, was he adopted by the Wilkinsons?

2. When boys went to Fuzhou to work, how much money would they send home monthly?

3. In Chapter 1, where do Deming and his mother live?

4. What grade did Yi Ba finish in school?

5. In Chapter 1, where does Deming's mother say they are moving?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has Michael been doing since he and Daniel last saw one another?

2. Why is Peter upset with Daniel after Jim's birthday party?

3. Why does Vivian Deming to social services?

4. What email does Daniel receive from Michael Chen, and how does the email make him feel?

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

6. After ten years, how have things changed?

7. How did Polly get to America and why did she go?

8. What happened to Polly at the nail salon at the end of Chapter 10?

9. What problems does Daniel have with gambling?

10. How did Polly meet Leon?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A character arc is the inner journey of a character in a book. What is Deming/Daniel’s character arc, and what situations influence his growth and transformation?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Deming’s mother disappears, and it seems as though he has been abandoned. How does the fact that Deming believes his mother abandoned him affect him and cause him to struggle with life?

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