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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. What is the party doing that is grating so heavily on De-hong's nerves while she is being questioned?
2. Why would a widowed woman kill herself before being married to a second husband?
3. Why does De-hong refuse so many marriage proposals?
4. What is happening to De-hong when her husband refuses to let her have a driver take her home from the opera?
5. Why would a Chinese man have to bow to a Japanese child?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does De-hong help Miss Tanaka to remain in China when she is Japanese?
2. What was the only valuable asset that Yang Ru-shan had to sell in order to gain the money he needed?
3. How do De-hong and Wang Yu spend their wedding day?
4. Why was Yang Ru-shan's main duty in life to produce male heirs?
5. What did Chang Shou-yu do to show his growing love for his family that makes De-hong call him a "silly old thing"?
6. Why does Dr. Xia give potions to all of the Governor's wives when he knows that the Governor is the one who is infertile.
7. What is De-hong allowed to do to help the Communist movement?
8. Why does Er-hong get the wrong idea about children in the West?
9. What does Fang-Yu do on her visit with De-hong that the Communist Party forbids?
10. Why would a Japanese child deserve more respect than a Chinese man?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What happens to Jung on the train, and what effect does this have on her? Why was this so surprising?
Essay Topic 2
Who is your favorite character in the book? How does this character change throughout the book? What kind of experiences does this character go through, and how do these affect them? What kind of influence did this character have on the other characters in the book?
Essay Topic 3
Mao's death created quite a stir. What were some of the different reactions to the news of his death? Why do you think some people felt different ways about the loss?
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