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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. About what does Wang Yu ask De-hong for permission to write the Communist leaders?

2. What did the vivid picture show that Yu-Fang told De-hong would be the consequence of lying?

3. Why was Yu-Fang afraid of her own servants?

4. What was Er -hong's reaction when De-hong visited her at her boarding school?

5. What does Fang-Yu do to make a meal for her daughter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Fang-Yu do on her visit with De-hong that the Communist Party forbids?

2. Why would a Japanese child deserve more respect than a Chinese man?

3. What did Chang Shou-yu do to show his growing love for his family that makes De-hong call him a "silly old thing"?

4. What was the only valuable asset that Yang Ru-shan had to sell in order to gain the money he needed?

5. How do Wang Yu and De-hong know each other before ever meeting each other?

6. What does Jin-ming do at his boarding school that shows how truly attached he has become to his nurse?

7. What has Yu-Fang been so busy with while De-hong was being questioned?

8. Why does De-hong live in a different house than her husband?

9. 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.

10. Why does Wang Yu not allow his wife to be transferred to a larger hospital when she is giving birth while sick with tuberculosis?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Chang Shou-yu puts his political views over the welfare of his family many different times throughout the novel. What are some of those instances? How did his family react to this treatment? How did the public react to these actions? When did he change? Why did he change?

Essay Topic 2

What does Yang Ru-shan do to earn money, and why does he need the money so badly? What are the long lasting effects of this action? How does this action set the tone for the rest of the book?

Essay Topic 3

What makes De-hong change her mind about the Communist Party? When does this happen? Why is this so surprising?

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