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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 5, what is Daniel's credit card balance?

2. In Chapter 2, where does Daniel remember attending SUNY?

3. In Chapter 7, why did Didi have to take more hours at the salon?

4. Where did Kay grow up?

5. What month did Deming return to New York?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Daniel reunited with Vivian, and what does she give him?

2. What happened to Polly at the nail salon at the end of Chapter 10?

3. What was Deming's life like from birth to age six?

4. What is Leon doing when Michael and Daniel reunite at a Starbucks?

5. Where do Kay and Peter Wilkinson live and what do they do for a living?

6. Why do Daniel's parents come to visit him in New York?

7. What things does Deming do hoping they will help bring his mother back and keep her safe?

8. How did Polly get pregnant?

9. What problems does Daniel have with gambling?

10. Why is Peter upset with Daniel after Jim's birthday party?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Polly was an illegal immigrant in both New York City. What were her experiences as an illegal immigrant, and how did those experiences traumatize her?

Essay Topic 2

Accumulation is a literary device that allows an author to gather scattered ideas in a literary work and gradually build on information readers need to know. From whose perspective are various sections told? How does each section add information? How does the use of multiple viewpoints, flashbacks, and other literary devices allow Ko to use accumulation to advance the plot and provide important details to readers?

Essay Topic 3

Yong likes to think he came from humble beginnings. Did Yong come from humble beginnings? What does that claim reveal about him?

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