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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. In Chapter 3, what flowers are in the song Afong sings?

2. When were the Jim Twins born?

3. In Chapter 7, what can Zoe smell when she sits at an old picnic table after most everyone else has gone to bed?

4. How long after John Garland dies does Faye change the sheets and remake the bed?

5. In Chapter 8, who does Lois bring to the hospital?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Shanghai Marriage Market?

2. What happens when the man Afong is to marry dies before their wedding?

3. What did Dorothy used to do with Graham, and how did Louis feel about it?

4. How does Faye save the life of a pilot named John Garland?

5. What issues does Dorothy have, and how does Louis handle her erratic behavior?

6. How does Dorothy think of her relationship with Louis, her partner, in Chapter 2?

7. What does Lai King watch in Chapter 9?

8. What story does Mr. Hannington tell about Chinese women and bound feet, and how does it differ from Afong's story?

9. What does Ford have in common with his son that makes him wondering if there is a genetic proclivity for tastes in music?

10. What does Faye find in a box of John Garland's personal items?

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 Dorothy’s character arc, and what situations influence her growth and healing?

Essay Topic 2

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 Ford use imagery to help readers imagine the worlds where characters live in The Many Daughters of Afong Moy?

Essay Topic 3

Lai King has her freedom curtailed when during the cholera outbreak and on the ship to China. How do her race and then her social class limit her freedom in those circumstances?

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