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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who posted the letter for Joseph, which is why it had been re-routed?
(a) No one.
(b) Will Masters.
(c) Dr. McLain.
(d) Mei Wah.

2. What happens when Anna reads about her mother's condition at the library?
(a) Vomits.
(b) Screams.
(c) Sleeps.
(d) Faints.

3. Genevieve and Anna decide to eat at __________, when they see that Joseph has not arrived.
(a) Home.
(b) Jimmy's.
(c) Joe's.
(d) Plaza Hotel.

4. Where is the postmark from on the letter that Genevieve receives from Joseph in 1942?
(a) Java.
(b) Peking.
(c) Tokyo.
(d) Shanghai.

5. Who becomes more talkative and more open as time goes on?
(a) Genevieve.
(b) Gran.
(c) Anna.
(d) Joseph.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who refuses to leave Hong Kong, which causes him to be arrested?

2. Genevieve learns from the ____________ that Joseph has been taken a prisoner in March, 1943.

3. Joseph tells Genevieve that he doesn't want a _________, which Anna hears from her bedroom.

4. _______ decides at this point of the book that she will never allow Joseph in her life again.

5. Anna begins to work at the ________ library after she graduates from college and is married.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Genevieve tell Anna about when she calls her in January 1954?

2. What happens when Joseph writes frequently and sends gifts at Christmas to Anna?

3. What does Joseph learn about his finances on New Year's Day 1949?

4. What does Joseph include in a brief letter to Anna in the months after Genevieve's funeral?

5. What happens when Genevieve and Anna decide to go to eat at Jimmy's?

6. What happens when Joseph opens the house on Hungjoa during this part of the story?

7. Why does Joseph decide to buy several guns when he is living in China?

8. What does Joseph's journalist friend confirm about the movement Joseph sees one night?

9. What is the job Joseph is offered by a Shanghai friend, General Shang Chen?

10. What is Anna's response to Genevieve's request that Anna forgive her father?

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