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

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

3. When does Dr. Shedhorn say her a patient named Cecilia had a grandmother who survivied a plane crash?

4. What type of bread does Louis wish Dorothy had bought in Chapter 4?

5. During the weekly general meeting in Chapter 7, on what instrument does a girl play a suite of Brahms' sonatas?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Afong do in America?

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

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

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

5. What is epigenetic inheritance?

6. What award does Greta receive in Chapter 5 and why?

7. Who does Lois bring to the hospital in Chapter 8, and how are they injured?

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

9. Who is Mrs. Bidwell?

10. What a school worker tell Dorothy about an incident with Annabel in Chapter 6?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

An analogy is the comparison of an unfamiliar object or idea to a familiar one in an attempt to explain the unfamiliar or to help readers understand characters, events, or concepts. What are some analogies Ford uses in The Many Daughters of Afong Moy? How do these analogies help readers comprehend characters, events or concepts?

Essay Topic 3

In The Many Daughters of Afong Moy, some characters are more thoroughly described than others. Who are some characters that are merely named in passing or have a minor role in the novel? What is the importance of these flat characters to the storyline? In what way do these characters make the main characters more colorful or interesting? When there is conflict, what type of role do these flat characters play?

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