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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 had Polly been in Fuzhou when Leon found her?

2. How long had Polly worked at World Top when Yong took one of her classes?

3. What does Poly remember eating at Ardsleyville that she will never eat again?

4. In Chapter 14, how much credit does Daniel have on a poker site when he starts to play?

5. How many names were ahead of Polly's name at Ardsleyville to be chosen to work on the cleaning crew?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Polly transferred to a cell and what was it like there?

2. How does Polly fit in with the other women at the Fuzhou Business Leaders Forum?

3. How does Polly respond when Daniel remembers things about the Bronx?

4. How is Daniel spending his days in Chapter 21?

5. Why did no one know what happened to Polly?

6. What does Polly tell Yong about Deming, and how does Yong react?

7. Where does Leon live?

8. Why is Daniel feeling down on his birthday, and what cheers him up?

9. What Daniel decide his life will be at the end of The Leavers?

10. Why does Polly think it is dishonest for Yong to say he came from humble beginnings?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Imagery is a literary device authors use to describe characters in a narrative and the world they inhabit. Imagery involves using the five senses to describe characters, places, and things. How does Ko use imagery to help readers imagine the world where characters live in The Leavers?

Essay Topic 2

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What points of view are used in The Leavers? How do these viewpoints influence what readers know about events and character? How does changing points of view help readers connect with and understand characters?

Essay Topic 3

Yong likes to think he came from humble beginnings. Did Yong come from humble beginnings? What does that claim reveal about him?

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