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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 6, how many books does Elizabeth read to her girls before bed?
2. In Chapter 7, what does the four-year-old give a ten-minute tutorial on during dinner?
3. What does Elizabeth wrap herself in in Chapter 7 as she thinks about going to talk to Sasha in the night?
4. When Elizabeth was 22, what did she and Sasha do for a living?
5. Where does Josslyn's daughter live?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why do Elizabeth's students know she is not coming back even though she has not told them?
2. What did Elizabeth learn when she was 33 weeks pregnant with her four-year-old, and how did she respond?
3. What does Sasha look like when she comes to see Elizabeth in Chapter 7?
4. Why did Elizabeth go to stay with Sasha in Taipei when she was 22?
5. What does the principal tell Elizabeth when he gives her a contract to teach the next year, and how does Elizabeth respond?
6. Where did Sasha go after she returned to the U.S., and what problems did she have?
7. After Elizabeth texts Sasha and asks what she can do, what does Elizabeth imagine Sasha will do?
8. How does Elizabeth get books to read in Chapter 4?
9. What happens two days fater Elizabeth texts Sasha and asks what she can do for her?
10. What did Elizabeth and Sasha do to make money, and how were Elizabeth and Sasha doing financially in Taipei?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?
Essay Topic 2
Elizabeth has close and not-so-close friends in the novel. How does the author present the various friendships in Elizabeth’s life? How does the author develop the theme of friendship in the novel?
Essay Topic 3
Elizabeth is a voracious reader. What is the role of reading in Elizabeth’s life? What relationship does she see between reading and language?
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