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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 word that Anna looks up in the dictionary after hearing her mother and Gran begin to use it?

2. The women see Joseph eating at the restaurant with a Chinese ____________.

3. Joseph is accused of being a _________ and is held in a cell for three weeks without any questioning or charges.

4. Who is at Anna's side after the C-Section that delivers her daughter?

5. In what city do Anna and her husband live, close to her family?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why wasn't Joseph as happy in California as he is when he is living in Shanghai?

4. What does Joseph tell Anna about his life when they are at a nearby Chinese restaurant?

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

6. What is not in the letter that Genevieve receives from Joseph in May of 1942?

7. What happens when Anna decides to read about her mother's diagnosis at the library?

8. What happens as a result of the investigations by the Communist government?

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

10. What does Joseph find when he returns to his office on Yuen Thing Yuen Road?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Genevieve tries to save her marriage, even though it makes her unhappy with her life. She tries to live in Shanghai again and tries to visit China.

Part 1: Why does Genevieve try to save her marriage?

Part 2: Do you think Genevieve should have worked so hard to save her marriage?

Part 3: How do you think Genevieve might be hurting her marriage as she tries to save it?

Essay Topic 2

Anna begins to notice that her mother looks different than she did in Shanghai, and that she is changing to adapt to the LA culture.

Part 1: Why do you think Genevieve changes the way she dresses?

Part 2: Do you think you would change the way you dress if you were in a new city?

Part 3: How do you think the changes to Genevieve's appearance impact Anna?

Essay Topic 3

Joseph continues to postpone his trip to the United States because of the business opportunities that are available to him.

Part 1: Why do you think Joseph is excited to stay for the business opportunities?

Part 2: Do you think that Joseph should have continued to delay his departure?

Part 3: Does Joseph appear to be a greedy man? Why or why not?

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