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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. For how long does the girl agree to stay with the people she meets?

2. Where does the girl stay at the top of the mountain?

3. Why does Maxine add a word to boys' names?

4. Why is Maxine fired from her job at the land developer's association?

5. When Maxine re-tells the story of her aunt, the narrator's story shows that the aunt's final actions are done out of _____.

Short Essay Questions

1. How the narrator feels about the quiet girl at school?

2. Why are the Chinese afraid of the ghosts of people who died in the manner of the narrator's aunt?

3. What story does the narrator's mother tell at the beginning of the novel?

4. What happens when the woman warrior's army reaches Peiping?

5. In "White Tigers," describe the return of the girl, now a young woman, to her village.

6. What happens to the baron's family after the woman beheads the baron?

7. What are some of the "battles" the narrator feels she must face as a woman warrior in modern society? Name at least two.

8. Explain how the girl in the white tigers fantasy story meets the old couple who train her.

9. What do Brave Orchid's daughters learn from watching what happens between Moon Orchid and her husband?

10. How do Brave Orchid and Moon Orchid trick Moon Orchid's husband into see them?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Moon Orchid and Brave Orchid reunite after spending many years on different continents. Explain how the sisters feel about one another using examples.

Part 1) What does Moon Orchid think about Brave Orchid's new life in America?

Part 2) How does Brave Orchid try to help Moon Orchid adjust to America?

Part 3) Do you think the sisters get along? Explain why or why not.

Essay Topic 2

Throughout the novel, the narrator comes into conflict with many different characters. Choose two of these conflicts and describe them in detail, answering the following questions:

1) With whom does the narrator have the conflict?

2) What is the conflict about?

3) How is the conflict resolved?

4) What does the narrator learn from the conflict/how does it relate to her story as a whole?

Essay Topic 3

Communism is mentioned several times throughout the novel, and has an impact on the narrator's life.

Part 1) Why is the narrator interested in understanding Communism? What events in her life cause her to relate to Communism?

Part 2) What are some of the things the narrator has been told about Communism growing up? Explain why you think she has been told these things, and what impact they have on her.

Part 3) How does the narrator's mother feel about Communism? Explain how you think her mother's feelings about Communism affect the narrator.

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