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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. Where do Greta and Sam go for a walk on their second date?

2. When Lai King takes her suitcase and goes outside with her mother in Chapter 15, what color scarves are soldiers wearing around their faces?

3. What is the name of Lai King's mother's old village?

4. Why does Annabel start refusing to go to preschool?

5. How long does Afong remember the journey took on the ship to America?

Short Essay Questions

1. After the weather improves, what food do Alby and Lai King share?

2. Why is Afong the first Chinese woman Nanchoy has ever seen?

3. What news does Nanchoy tell Afong when Afong receives a reply to the letters she has sent home?

4. What happens to Mrs. Bidwell?

5. When Guto is in charge, how does he control the teachers?

6. What instructions does Mr. Hannington give Afong for her last performance?

7. Where does Lai King stay on the ship and what is it like?

8. What happens to Alby?

9. What does Dorothy remember about her mother's love life and her father?

10. What does Sam do for the first lunch date he has with Greta?

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

Essay Topic 2

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view of The Many Children of Afong Moy? How does the way that Ford uses the viewpoints of six different characters influence what readers know about events and characters? How does having following different characters help readers connect with and understand characters?

Essay Topic 3

Idioms are words that have a figurative, rather than a literal meaning. How does Ford use idioms in The Many Daughters of Afong Moy? Why are the idioms sometimes difficult to understand? Why do idioms often require research to understand their meaning?

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