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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 store does Kay take Deming to buy him new clothes when he goes to live with her and her husband?

2. In Chapter 5, how old was Daniel the last time he saw Michael?

3. What does the couch look like in Deming's apartment in Chapter 1?

4. How old was Deming when he and his mother were reunited after she sent him to his grandfather?

5. How far was Minjian from Fuzhou?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has Michael been doing since he and Daniel last saw one another?

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

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

4. How does Deming describe his mother?

5. What does Daniel learn about Vivian's role in him being placed with the Wilkinsons?

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

7. How did Polly get pregnant?

8. What is a birthday tradition for the Wilkinsons, and how does that work on Deming's birthday?

9. After ten years, how have things changed?

10. How did Polly get to America and why did she go?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A character arc is the inner journey of a character in a book. What is Deming/Daniel’s character arc, and what situations influence his growth and transformation?

Essay Topic 2

When Polly and Yong began dating, she never told him about her son. As the years passed, she kept the information about her son a secret. Why does Polly keep Deming a secret from Yong until she reunites with her son?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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