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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. How long is Daniel's flight to China?

2. How long had Polly worked at World Top when Yong took one of her classes?

3. What was the name of the woman from China who befriended Polly at Ardsleyville?

4. When did Daniel arrive in America?

5. When Daniel goes out for drinks in Chapter 13, by what time does he always try to be home?

Short Essay Questions

1. What realization does Daniel have about his relationship with Peter and Kay?

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

3. What does Roland say when he learns Daniel is playing his own music?

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

5. How is Fuzhou Polly different from New York Polly?

6. What doubts does Kay remember having when Daniel first came to live with her and Peter?

7. What Daniel decide his life will be at the end of The Leavers?

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

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

10. What was it like for Polly at Ardsleyville at first?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

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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