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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. In Chapter 14, how many tours to the south does the Chairman say the emperor made?

2. How many families live in the village where the Chairman makes an unscheduled stop in Chapter 20?

3. In Chapter 16, what does Madame call Mei when Madame speaks to Teacher Fan?

4. In Chapter 14, how long has it been since Mei has left the Lake Palaces?

5. When did the Chairman swim three times in the Yangtze river?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 21, what is Madame doing?

2. How does Secretary Sun introduce Mei to the President and the Chairman?

3. What happens to Busy Shan?

4. What information does Mei find when she enters Madame's quarters in Chapter 16?

5. What does Mei know and think happens to Busy Shan?

6. When Mei, Secretary Sun, and their driver are stopped by a student demonstration, what does Mei see?

7. In Chapter 24, what are Mei's thoughts about what she saw when she toured campuses?

8. In Chapter 16, what does Secretary Sun tell Mei about her family?

9. In Chapter 20, where and how long do Mei and the Chairman travel?

10. What do the papers say about the Chairman's swim in the Yangtze in Chapter 25?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The climax in a novel is the highest point of tension and a turning point. What is the climax of the book and why is that incident the climax?

Essay Topic 2

Mei matures and changes in Forbidden City. Is her story a Bildungsroman or a coming-of-age story?

Essay Topic 3

Mei is given a mission in Chapter 7. What is her mission? Is she being used as a pawn?

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