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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. Where did Helen Meacham study law?
(a) Princeton.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Yale.
(d) Oxford.

2. How long does Morrison stay away from Jamaica?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 18 months.

3. In a two-hour period on West Kingston street, how many rounds of ammunition were fired?
(a) 300.
(b) 100.
(c) 2,000.
(d) 1,000.

4. How many children did Samuels have?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

5. What type of car does Ethyl drive?
(a) Ford.
(b) Chevy.
(c) Toyota.
(d) Dodge.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what direction does Pao's mother have Zhang lying on his cot when Zhang is dying?

2. Where is Esther married?

3. Where does DeFreitas operate his business from?

4. On what anniversary of the Paul Bogle Uprising did Edward Seaga make a statement, "Blood for blood"?

5. How many months after Father Michael becomes archbishop is Esther married?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Henry Wong know about Kenneth's business?

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

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

5. Describe DeFreitas as he looks when Pao meets with him in Chapter 20.

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

7. Describe Pao house in Beverly Hills.

8. In Chapter 34, why is Mui so desperate to return to Jamaica?

9. What does Father Michael tell Pao about becoming John Morrisson's godfather?

10. Who does Miss Cecily blame when Kenneth dies?

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