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

2. Why is De-hong's wet nurses husband in jail?

3. Why did De-hong live with her parents after her transfer instead of her husband?

4. How did Yu-Fang keep her daughter when the General's wife wanted her?

5. Why does Wang Yu's sister take over the care for De-hong's daughter?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does De-hong help Miss Tanaka to remain in China when she is Japanese?

2. What does De-hong see a friend's husband do on their journey that makes her lose faith in her own marriage?

3. What does Chang Shou-yu do as his first moment of putting his family ahead of his party?

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

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

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

7. Why does Wang Yu refuse to let De-hong have the driver take her home early from the opera?

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

9. Why was Yang Ru-shan's main duty in life to produce male heirs?

10. Why does Er-hong get the wrong idea about children in the West?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the differences between Jung and her siblings? What are some of their unique characteristics or interests? How does this affect her relationship with them?

Essay Topic 2

What are some major differences between the Chinese culture and our own culture? How would this story have been different had it taken place in America? How did the Chinese setting affect the plot 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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