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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. What is the name of the new tutor-nanny who gives Big Sister the creeps?
2. From where does Adeline call home after getting lost after school?
3. How many other siblings does Adeline have at the time of her mother's death?
4. Why does Adeline's relationship with PLT startle Aunt Baba?
5. What does Big Sister suggest after hearing Third Brother's revelation?
Short Essay Questions
1. How many children do Father and Niang have together?
2. What does Adeline do that Niang says she will never forgive?
3. Why does Niang become enraged after Aunt Baba brings up the subject of money at the dinner table?
4. How does Adeline remember her phone number?
5. How does Little Sister react to Niang when she finally arrives in Shanghai and how does Niang respond?
6. Describe Adeline's relationship with PLT.
7. Describe how the children plot against Niang and the final result of their actions.
8. Name Adeline's siblings and their ages at the time of her birth.
9. What mysteriously happens shortly after the Japanese start to look for Father at his house?
10. Describe Adeline's new home in Shanghai.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explain in detail how the international playwriting competition Adeline enters significantly transforms her life.
Essay Topic 2
What is the significance of the safe deposit box that Aunt Baba keeps? What does it symbolize for both her and Adeline? Describe the box, including its contents and explain its role in Adeline's life.
Essay Topic 3
Examine the relationship between Ye Ye and Father, his son. Using the King Lear reference as a guide, describe Ye Ye's position in the family compared to how many Asians view and revere their older family members. Compare and contrast the "typical" grandfather - father relationship and household position versus the one given to Ye Ye in the novel.
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