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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. Where is the King when Anna finds him following their fight in the schoolroom?

2. Lun Tha is from where?

3. Why does the King demand Anna sit when she comes to talk to him following their fight in the schoolroom?

4. What is the name of the English Queen?

5. What does Anna threaten to do in the fourth scene if she does not get her promised home?

Short Essay Questions

1. The Crown Prince tells his father he is worried about what?

2. What does Lady Thiang say about Tuptim after she is accepted by the King?

3. What does the King want to do when the British Ambassador arrives, and what does Anna say to this?

4. What does the King want to send Lincoln, and why?

5. What does Lady Thiang say to Tuptim when she catches her running away from the palace before the play?

6. What does Sir Ramsay say after the feast and play?

7. How have Tuptim and Lun Tha been able to meet in secret?

8. How do Anna and the Ambassador know each other, and how does the King respond to this?

9. What does Tuptim do when she enters the stage in the fourth scene?

10. What warnings does the Captain give Anna before she gets to Siam?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The characters in this play all have their own goals and motivations. Select four characters and write about their main motivation throughout the book and how this goal affects the characters around them.

Essay Topic 2

What are some forms of foreshadowing used in this book, and how do these moments affect the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 3

What role does symbolism play in the story and where does it appear? How is the plot altered by the presence of these symbols?

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