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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two - Chapters 1-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Astrid's parents react to the gossip column article?
(a) Her mother takes her out to lunch.
(b) They understand it was not her fault.
(c) Her father orders her out of the house.
(d) They blame Astrid and tell her she ruined their social standing.

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

3. What childhood friend picks Nick up from the Singapore airport?
(a) Colin Khoo.
(b) Carlton Chu.
(c) Astrid Young.
(d) Colette Bing.

4. What is the narrator's point of view?
(a) Objective narration.
(b) Second-person objective.
(c) First-person subjective.
(d) Third-person omniscient.

5. Why is Astrid hesitant to go away with Charlie?
(a) She is concerned about her grandmother's condition.
(b) She is afraid her husband will find out.
(c) She is afraid Isabel with spy on them.
(d) Her mother forbid her to go.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Astrid's mother find out about her confrontation with Isabel Wu?

2. What literary device does the author use to provide more information about Nick's childhood?

3. What does the reader learn about Singaporean high society from the incidents in this section of the novel?

4. In Part Two, Chapter 2, Su Yi dreams about a priest who gives her a message. Who is the message from?

5. Why does Kitty Bing have a party?

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