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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 family member does Adeline share a room with?

2. What does Big Brother try to teach Adeline to do, but no matter how hard she tries, she fails?

3. Why does Adeline realize that she is all alone and no one is looking out for her?

4. How long is Adeline allowed to wear her medal?

5. What does Aunt Baba notice about Adeline as soon as she gets home from school?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Adeline's new home in Shanghai.

2. How were Grandmother Nai Nai's feet bound when she was a small child?

3. What mysteriously happens shortly after the Japanese start to look for Father at his house?

4. Describe Adeline's experience leaving school on the first day.

5. How does Adeline remember her phone number?

6. What does Aunt Baba do whenever something bad happens to Adeline?

7. Why does Niang become enraged after Aunt Baba brings up the subject of money at the dinner table?

8. Why are Adeline and Wu Chen-mei perfect friends?

9. Where is Adeline's mother?

10. How does Adeline acquire food for PLT?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain why the title of the book closely matches with Adeline's own life. In what ways are the two stories the same? In what ways are they different?

Essay Topic 2

What role does Ye Ye play in the life of Adeline? What lessons does he teach her? What does he and Nai Nai represent for her? Write a complete essay outlining the various ways that Nai Nai and Ye Ye both contribute to Adeline's life and her understanding of the world at large.

Essay Topic 3

Adeline believes her siblings never forgive her for the death of their mother. Cite specific examples that demonstrate her siblings' dislike of her and instances where they break from their typical treatment of her.

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