Bone Test | Final Test - Hard

Fae M. Ng
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 106 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Bone Test | Final Test - Hard

Fae M. Ng
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 106 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. Mah rouses the girls to get ready for Leon to come home and she goes out to ______________.

2. What is the name of the television show that Leon and Mah and the girls used to watch sometimes during dinner?

3. What does Mah do after Leila tells her the news about the suicide of Ona?

4. What brings Leon home tanned, relaxed, and bearing gifts for the family?

5. The early years of Salmon Alley are a time of getting along by the ____________ virtues of loyalty, endurance, and hope.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the argument between Leon and Mah regarding the ashes of Ona after her death?

2. What is the only thing Nina asks Leila to do in order to handle Mah's trip to Hong Kong?

3. Who does Leon blame for the death of Ona and for his overall discontent with life in this chapter?

4. Things have changed after the affair. What are Leon and Mah like after the affair with Tommie Hom?

5. Why does Mah believe that Lyman will make good on his promise and send for her?

6. Why do the women at the factory work night and day, pushing themselves to sew?

7. What do the sewing ladies do for Mah and the rest of the family after the death of Ona?

8. What does ten-year-old Ona do in order to get Leon to come back home after hearing about the affair?

9. What has Leila prepared for the afternoon art class in the classroom where she is teaching?

10. What does Mah do when Nina decides to bring the urn with Ona's ashes to Baby Clothes?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A dying man's wish was not fulfilled as asked, which seems to be a reason for the family's bad luck.

Part 1: Why do you think it was important for the wishes of the grandfather to be fulfilled?

Part 2: Would you have handled the dying wish in a different way than the book characters did? Why or why not?

Part 3: Do you think the bones are to blame for the woes of those in the book? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Leila seems to be the character who gets put into the middle of a number of situations in the story.

Part 1: Why do you think that Leila is often put into the middle of situations within this story?

Part 2: Is there another character in the story who might be a better mediator? Why or why not?

Part 3: Why is Leila resentful of being the one who has to mediate some situations?

Essay Topic 3

The idea of becoming more American is one that continues throughout this story - sometimes looked at in a positive way, sometimes in a negative way.

Part 1: Why do you think that characters often want to become more Americanized?

Part 2: Why are some more modernized characters chastised for becoming less Chinese in their actions and behaviors?

Part 3: Do you think it's a positive thing for the American culture and its ideals to become so pervasive? Why or why not?

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