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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 much money did Daniel borrow from Angel?

2. What store does Kay take Deming to buy him new clothes when he goes to live with her and her husband?

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

4. How long has it been in Chapter 2 since Daniel has seen Michael Chen?

5. What building is now at the location where Deming and his mother lived pre-Bronx?

Short Essay Questions

1. After ten years, how have things changed?

2. How did Polly meet Leon?

3. Why does Vivian Deming to social services?

4. How does Deming describe his mother?

5. What was Deming's life like from birth to age six?

6. Why did Polly move to Funzhou and what job did she get?

7. Where do Kay and Peter Wilkinson live and what do they do for a living?

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

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

10. What was it like for Polly working at the nail salon?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Daniel is adopted by Peter and Kay Wilkinson. He gets a new name and a new identity when he is adopted. What is communicated about identity through Daniel’s experiences?

Essay Topic 3

Characterization is the process an author uses to reveal a character's personality. Authors can use direct or indirect characterization to show readers a character's qualities. What type of character is Polly and how does Ko reveal her character traits?

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