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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color is the front door of Pao's new home?
(a) White.
(b) Blue.
(c) Black.
(d) Red.

2. When Pao arranges to meet with Margery in Chapter 36, how many parishes have been declared disaster areas?
(a) 7.
(b) 6.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

3. How many times a day does Pao's mother boil herbs for Zhang when he is dying?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

4. After Hampton and Ethyl get married, where will they visit her family?
(a) Oracabessa.
(b) Trinity.
(c) Galina.
(d) Negril.

5. How old is John Morrison when he and his parents leave Jamaica?
(a) 7.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Ian Maynard Fitzgerald's nickname?

2. How many days a week does Pao's mother play mah-jongg?

3. Where does Clifton go to see Margy Lopez?

4. What does Karl call the nightclub he opens in England?

5. What color hair does the Morrisons' adopted baby have?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reason does Pao give for wanting to know how the children spent their time at Lady Musgrave Rd.?

2. Why doesn't Fitzgerald have any guests at his hotel?

3. Describe Pao house in Beverly Hills.

4. Why are Jamaicans not in charge of their own destiny in 1980?

5. Where does Father Michael believe that virtue resides?

6. What does Miss Cecily propose be done with the grocery business after Henry Wong dies?

7. Under what conditions does Pao get permission to write his children?

8. What one good thing comes from Fay leaving Pao?

9. In the 1970s, what are some ways that people try to smuggle money out of Jamaica?

10. Who moves with Pao to Beverly Hills?

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