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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. When did Ciang Kai-shek resign as President of the Republic?

2. When did Chairman Mao proclaim the founding of the People's Republic or China?

3. What color bedspread was Lydia given when she moved down to the first floor?

4. Where was Adeline's grand aunt born?

5. When did Adeline's father die?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Lydia's brothers and half brother dress for the wedding?

2. What did Father decide about Adeline's future after she won a play writing competition?

3. Why did Ye Ye say that Adeline was being sent to Tianjin rather than Hong Kong?

4. What was Ren Yong-ping's background?

5. What happened in 1939 when dikes on the Yellow River were deliberately dynamited?

6. What happened when a group of girls from Adeline's school came to her house after Adeline became class president?

7. Why, even at the time the book was written, did Shanghai's architecture reflect the influence of foreign traders?

8. How did Adeline get out of Tianjin and to Hong Kong?

9. Where did Adeline, her siblings, and her stepmother gather for the reading of Joseph's will?

10. Why did Baba decide not to go to Hong Kong with Joseph?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At the height of the Chinese Civil War, Father and Niang took Adeline to Tianjin. Discuss why it was dangerous to be in Tianjin at that time and why and how Adeline escaped Tianjin.

Essay Topic 2

The title of the book is "Falling Leaves." Discuss the title of the book and why Adeline was a falling leaf that returned to her roots.

Essay Topic 3

Joseph broke the Confucian bond of filial piety by the way that he treated his father after Joseph's mother died. Discuss filial piety and how Ye Ye suffered because of Joseph's lack of respect.

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