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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. Which of these is a possibility Maxine considers to explain her aunt's pregnancy?
2. What group terrorizes Maxine's family in China?
3. What is the woman's first enemy?
4. When Maxine's father leaves China, what country does he go to?
5. In what decade did Maxine's father leave China?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did the narrator's term "FOBs" stand for?
2. Do you think the story of the narrator's aunt is true? Explain why or why not.
3. When she is about to stay overnight in the haunted room at school, what does the narrator's mother tell the other girls at medical school to do if they find her very afraid in the morning?
4. How does Moon Orchid's husband react when he sees her?
5. What do Brave Orchid's daughters learn from watching what happens between Moon Orchid and her husband?
6. Explain how the girl in the white tigers fantasy story meets the old couple who train her.
7. Why are the Chinese afraid of the ghosts of people who died in the manner of the narrator's aunt?
8. What are some of the "battles" the narrator feels she must face as a woman warrior in modern society? Name at least two.
9. Why might the narrator's mother call the narrator her biggest daughter instead of her oldest daughter?
10. What are three of the gifts Moon Orchid brings her family from China?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In "White Tigers" the narrator explains a story about a girl who trains to become a woman warrior.
Part 1) Compare and contrast the narrator and the protagonist of the story.
Part 2) Do you think the narrator admires or despises the protagonist of the story? Explain your answer using examples from the text.
Essay Topic 2
Throughout the novel, there are many ghosts, imaginary beings and legendary characters in the narrator's mother's stories and the narrator's accounts of different stories. Choose three of these creatures and answer the following questions about each.
1) What story is this character a part of? What role does it have in the story?
2) What might the character symbolize?
3) How does the inclusion of this character impact the story?
4) How does the narrator feel about this character? Do you think the narrator believes it is real or imaginary?
Essay Topic 3
This novel has several autobiographical elements, but we never learn if the narrator and the author are the same person.
Part 1) After learning about autobiographies in class, do you view this novel as an autobiography? Explain why or why not using at least three examples from the text to support your position.
Part 2) Do you think the author and the narrator are the same? Explain why or why not.
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