Wrong

Close, but nope.

Well done!

Wrong. Better start reading.

Right!

Wrong. Better start reading.

Right!

There was never any mention of espionage in the story.. Save the fan fiction for part B of Paper 1 would ya! XD

How do you replace someone’s post if it wasn’t even theirs to begin with?!

There’s more to Kwai than what meets the eye.

There’s more to Kwai than what meets the eye.

Note that in chapter 1, Kwai had revealed the following to Dawan.

Better reread chapter 1.

Kwai and Dawan’s father is not known to show any warmness towards them.

Kwai and Dawan’s father is not known to show any warmness towards them.

Dawan’s father then accused Dawan of robbing her brother’s chance of claiming the scholarship.

Dawan’s grandmother wanted Dawan to get a chance at something that neither she nor Dawan’s mother were blessed with.

There weren’t any celebrations as it was a very tense period for Dawan’s family, remember?

According to the story, Dawan has yet to acquire her father’s approval and hence, is still forbidden to leave for the city.

Nope, Dawan’s father as the sole breadwinner of his family, cannot afford to spare any help for others when his own family is struggling in poverty too.

Right! Dawan’s father as the sole breadwinner of his family, cannot afford to spare any help for others when his own family is struggling in poverty too.

Nope, Dawan’s father as the sole breadwinner of his family, cannot afford to spare any help for others when his own family is struggling in poverty too.

There’s more to Noi than what meets the eye.

Noi needed the money to support her family.

Noi only lied to prevent her family from worrying about her safety at the city. Other than that, she wanted to protect her cousin from being hurt.

Nope.

The villagers built their own homes remember. Plus, Ghan was a construction worker.

Noi and Ghan kept relapsing on their usual payments to a corrupt military officer named Mr Phaspras, who claims to be able to protect Ghan from being drafted into the army. As a result, he keeps increasing their amount for every time they fail to pay up.

Nope, he was too busy sulking and throwing a tantrum in the beginning of the story. The rest was just him living in denial that his daughter was even capable of beating his son. Plus, he would’ve lost a good bargaining chip and be forced to live longer  in denial of never being able to receive Dawan’s dowry.. (Who’s marrying who again?) XD.

Nope, Dawan’s grandmother wants Dawan to succeed and prove to the other villagers her worth as a girl and believes that Dawan will be able to do exactly that at the city. 

Pay attention kids.. prejudice against the women and young girls in Dawan’s village is constantly being repeated in the story. Enough to make it one of the themes. 😉

Close but not there yet.

Kwai has good intentions and throughout the story faces a silent dilemma of choosing whether to please his father and himself by claiming the scholarship, or to consider his sister’s efforts and give up his personal pursuits over something that would harm his relationship with his sister.

Dawan and Kwai’s school teacher is a fair scholar who believes in the capabilities of both his students, regardless of their class in society.

Nope, there’s more to Bao’s character than that.

According to her, it was the mud that supported the roots, water that flowed life into it and the sun that shined beauty onto it. She compelled Dawan to give back to the river what it deserves if she is true grateful for the lotus bud. Clearly, Bao is a non-materialistic person. Good Job!

Nope, there’s more to Bao’s character than that. She didn’t even recognize Dawan as the village scholarship’s winner. 

No.The monk is unbiased and is naturally compliant to the course of nature. In this case, he just doesn’t believe in the Dawan’s success in changing something that can’t completely be changed. Plus, the story never said Dawan’s father is particularly chummy buddies with the head abbot. He just highly respects the religious leader.

No. The monk is unbiased and naturally compliant to the course of nature. In this case, he just doesn’t believe in the Dawan’s success in changing something that can’t completely be changed. Other than that, he would also actually prefer Kwai to just further his studies on the temple’s scriptures with Dawan than be off to the city. But the gentle monk will never try to force anything.

The head abbot believes that everything will inevitably fade away into nothingness and urges Dawan to forget about her materialistic ideals as her efforts for something temporary is futile.

Just because Dawan pushes for the modernization of her fellow villagers’ views, it doesn’t mean she’s wants them to abandon basic principles for that.  

Good job! You remembered a theme of this story. Make sure about the rest too.

Dawan is a humble student who will strive for her village’s change of perspective in terms of gender equality. Feminism is the advocacy of women’s rights on the ground of the equality of the sexes, according to good ol’ dictionary. Try again.

Chatty Bao already did so in chapter 7. What about chapter 9?  

This an important detail in in this story as Dawan opens those birdcage doors. She realizes that she doesn’t need to wait for someone to stand up for her or give her permission to claim her own freedom when she could just do so herself as her brother’s equal.

Nope. Read the story.

Kwai had been pondering over his actions when Dawan, who wanted to avoid questions from her elders about her cut, stumbles upon him sitting alone in the rain.  

This an important detail in in this story as Dawan opens those birdcage doors. She realizes that she doesn’t need to wait for someone to stand up for her or give her permission to claim her own freedom when she could just do so herself as her brother’s equal.

They didn’t plan to meet there. Try rereading chapter 10.

Kwai had been touched by his sister’s efforts to keep him safe in the rain despite being hurt by him in their earlier fight.  

Not everyone hates studying.. Kwai genuinely wanted to for the sake of his family and village. Shame shame.. 😥

Come on.. there’s more to Dawan and Kwai than that..

Careful.. Be sure to read the whole question. Kwai never really did support Dawan ‘throughout’the whole story. It was hard on him to give up his own ambitions  and dreams for his sister at the expense of his own happiness at the beginning of the story

Right-o. Good Job!

Careful.. Be sure to read the whole question. Kwai never really did support Dawan ‘throughout’the whole story. It was hard on him to give up his own ambitions  and dreams for his sister at the expense of his own happiness at the beginning of the story

Try again.. it’s close but not there yet.

So close…

Chapter 8, Dawan presented the lotus to the head monk as a sign of respect and a plea to help her convince her father. In Chapter 12, the floating lotus petals were a sign of Kwai’s unseen prospects in the future he has yet to realize. In Chapter 13, Dawan grandmother tries to cheer Dawan up by reminding her that despite being shy and timid in the beginning, she is still capable of blooming and achieving great things given the right attention. This also shows the transition of Dawan’s character throughout the story and hence her kinship to it.

Funny as it is, not quite.. Read the story..  

This isn’t Disney… Plus the song is meant to be personal for Dawan and Kwai.

Good job!