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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One - Chapters 7-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Colette do to Rachel?
(a) She sent her a nasty letter.
(b) She poisoned her.
(c) She told Nick a lie to break up their relationship.
(d) She did not invite Rachel to her engagement party.

2. What problem did Bettina Ortiz y Mena experience?
(a) Her limousine was late.
(b) She could not find her husband at the restaurant.
(c) She was unable to get her regular table at a restaurant.
(d) She was not included in a private party.

3. Su Yi dreams she is in India. What is she doing?
(a) She is trying to get back to Singapore.
(b) She is walking through the streets of Bombay.
(c) Su Yi visits a sacred shrine.
(d) She meets a young priest buying candles for a Catholic church.

4. What do the gossip columns, secret photographers, and spying symbolize in the novel?
(a) Lack of privacy.
(b) Good journalism.
(c) The Young family's hobby.
(d) Popularity.

5. What caused the estrangement between Nick and his grandmother, Su Yi?
(a) Nicky would not visit his parents.
(b) Su Yi arranged for Nick to marry a girl from Singapore.
(c) Nick was upset because his grandmother did not come to his wedding.
(d) Su Yi objected to Nick's marriage to Rachel.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Catherine Young's husband described?

2. In Chapter 5, what does Kitty Bing purchase?

3. Every month, Rosalind Fung holds a Christian Fellowship Banquet. Why are so many women anxious to attend?

4. What childhood friend picks Nick up from the Singapore airport?

5. What does Charlie Wu do for a living?

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