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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 time in China when Peter and Kay call Daniel for his birthday?

2. In Chapter 11, who was the only person Polly had ever told about Ardsleyville?

3. What number apartment does Leon live in?

4. How long are the speeches at the Fuzhou Business Leaders Forum supposed to last?

5. How many bedrooms did Yong have for the three people he lived with when he was growing up?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Daniel see at the grocery store and start hanging out with while he is in Ridgeborough for the summer?

2. What does Polly have to do to be able to sleep?

3. Where does Leon live?

4. What does Daniel do when he stays in Fuzhou, and how does he feel about it?

5. How does Polly respond when Daniel remembers things about the Bronx?

6. Why does Daniel go to Vivian's in Chapter 12?

7. What does Polly tell Yong about Deming, and how does Yong react?

8. Why was Polly transferred to a cell and what was it like there?

9. Why did no one know what happened to Polly?

10. Why is Daniel feeling down on his birthday, and what cheers him up?

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

Artistic license is the way that an author creates, art, music, or writing based upon her interpretation of life. How does Ko use artistic license to create the realistic background of The Leavers?

Essay Topic 3

Kay was concerned about adopting Deming. Why was Kay concerned about adopting Deming, and were her concerns valid?

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