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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. Joseph begins to spend a lot of time at the ________ learning about the news and what has been happening in the world.

2. What does Joseph invite Anna and the baby to, which she accepts?

3. What do Anna and Genevieve do after mass one Sunday?

4. How much of Joseph's money has been unfrozen as of New Year's Eve, helping him to take care of his family?

5. What does Joseph send to Anna as a gift on her seventeenth birthday?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What experience does Anna and Genevieve share when they go to breakfast after mass one Sunday?

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

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

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

6. What does Genevieve show to Anna after the party for her and Jack?

7. What does Anna hear her father tell her mother after he comes back to the house after the run-in at the restaurant?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Anna's father seems to be caught up in smuggling for a part of the story, which puts his family at risk.

Part 1: Why would a person decide to be a smuggler when their family could be in danger?

Part 2: How do you think Joseph could have protected his family more?

Part 3: Do you think Joseph cares about the safety of his family?

Essay Topic 3

Genevieve has always thought of Shanghai as a temporary home, so she is ready to move back to the United States when the time comes.

Part 1: Do you think Genevieve should have thought of Shanghai as a temporary home?

Part 2: Do you think Joseph believes Shanghai to be a temporary home?

Part 3: Why do you think Genevieve believed Shanghai to be a temporary home?

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