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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. When Dorothy was a teen, what did her friends always say a band would be called if she ever formed a heavy metal band?

2. During Typhoon Ebisu, how many people drowned in the train tunnels?

3. In Chapter 2, how long have Dorothy and Louis been together?

4. In Chapter 6, when does Greta remember that the field of epigenetics made great strides in research?

5. In Chapter 3, how much does Mr. Hannington offer a couple of men if they can eat rice with chopsticks faster than Afong can?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 6, who does Dorothy meet on the subway?

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

5. What is the Shanghai Marriage Market?

6. What does Lai King watch in Chapter 9?

7. What happens after Afong marries a dead man?

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

9. In Chapter 8, what does Faye remember about survivors of the Canton Uprising?

10. Who was the real Afong Moy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

For hundreds of years, Chinese women's feet were broken and tightly bound to change their size. Why did women like Afong have their feet broken and bound?

Essay Topic 2

Afong believes being a woman is a punishment for wrongs she did when she was a man in another life. What does being a woman mean to Afong? What does her life reveal about gender roles?

Essay Topic 3

Afong is rarely by herself. Why is Afong lonely even though she is rarely by herself?

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