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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 does Aunt Reine surprise the family with when she arrives?
2. How does the family decide which child will sleep on the cot?
3. Where is Adeline dropped off by Niang and Fourth Brother?
4. Who sleeps in the bed next to Adeline at her new location?
5. What food does Adeline long for, but rejects as a mistake when she receives it?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the scene when the Shilling family and Adeline arrive at the Shanghai household.
2. Describe Adeline's outing with Fourth Brother and Niang, including its final destination for her.
3. How does Adeline discover Big Sister's impending nuptials?
4. Which Shakespeare play does Adeline have an emotional reaction to during class and why?
5. How does Adeline finally leave St. Joseph's?
6. How does November 30th become Adeline birthday date?
7. Describe the room where Adeline is left when she arrives at St. Joseph's.
8. What does Adeline attribute her victory to?
9. Describe the scene at Big Sister's wedding.
10. Describe what happens shortly after Adeline returns home after winning the class presidency.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why is it fitting that Adeline comes home from school with a medal on her chest in the opening sentences of the novel? What does that medal signify? Why is it the ideal situation to open the novel?
Essay Topic 2
The role of school and education plays a huge part in Adeline's life. Choose three educational institutions that Adeline attends. Describe each one and relate how school became a saving place and significant part of Adeline's world.
Essay Topic 3
There are many definitions of family outside of a person's blood relatives. Does Adeline experience a family relationship in other instances in the novel? Name and cite specific examples.
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