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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Moon Orchid's husband call Moon Orchid and Brave Orchid?
2. Why was Moon Orchid finally able to come to the United States?
3. In Brave Orchid's story of the emperor with four wives, which of the four wives does Brave Orchid feel Moon Orchid is most similar to?
4. According to Moon Orchid, what does a daughter having a curled upper lip indicate?
5. What age does the document say Maxine's mother is?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
A significant portion of this novel deals with storytelling and ghost stories, many of which are told by the narrator's mother. Choose and answer two of the following questions.
1) Do you think the narrator's mother's stories are mostly true? Explain why or why not using specific examples.
2) Why does the narrator's mother tell these stories? Do you think she achieves her purpose in telling them?
3) Which of these stories is your favorite? Explain why or why not. The story you choose must be one the narrator's mother tells, and must not be one you use to answer the other question you choose.
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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