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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What gift does Charlie give Astrid?
(a) A new Mercedes sedan.
(b) The deed to Tyersall Park.
(c) A private island.
(d) Her grandmother's engagement ring.

2. Why did Alfred Shang need to contact his physician?
(a) He needed a flu shot.
(b) Alfred does not allow him to see other patients.
(c) His sister had a massive heart attack.
(d) The doctor was supposed to be at a conference.

3. Eddie is concerned with appearances. What happens to upset him during the lawn party?
(a) Philip is wearing nicer clothes than he is.
(b) His children are getting ice cream on their clothes.
(c) His wife is wearing the wrong dress.
(d) He is uncomfortable in his linen suit.

4. Why does Kitty Bing have a party?
(a) To celebrate Colette's engagement.
(b) A birthday party for her husband.
(c) It's an engagement party for Astrid.
(d) She is unveiling her newly redecorated house.

5. 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) She meets a young priest buying candles for a Catholic church.
(d) Su Yi visits a sacred shrine.

6. Kitty is delighted to be invited to Yolanda Amanjiwo's dinner. Why is she upset when she leaves?
(a) Kitty was not happy with her seating assignment.
(b) Colette and her husband came to the dinner and were treated like royalty.
(c) Colette would not come to the party because Kitty was there.
(d) Yolanda did not tell Kitty it was a costume party.

7. What does Su Yi's heart attack symbolize?
(a) Poor eating.
(b) Inheritance.
(c) The end of life.
(d) Change.

8. Captain Ghale has a confrontation with Phillip Young over what?
(a) Philip and Eleanor do not have an invitation.
(b) Nick being banned from Tyersall Park.
(c) There is no where for them to park.
(d) Their family is too early.

9. What incident in Chapter 9 symbolizes the Young family's disregard for the money they spend?
(a) Victoria purchases plane tickets for her whole family.
(b) All the Youngs travel with ten or more servants.
(c) Alexandra buys a mansion to be near her mother.
(d) Victoria orders Ah Tock to have 500 gallons of bottled water shipped to Singapore overnight.

10. Every month, Rosalind Fung holds a Christian Fellowship Banquet. Why are so many women anxious to attend?
(a) Receiving an invitation means acceptance by Singapore's social elite.
(b) There is a gourmet meal and it is free.
(c) The women are trying to build a sense of unity among different faiths.
(d) Rosalind Fung is a well-known religious scholar.

11. How does Su Yi tell Astrid her brother, Alexander (Ah Jit) die?
(a) He died of cholera.
(b) He died in India.
(c) He died in an accident.
(d) He drowned.

12. Victoria is anxious for her mother to do what before she dies?
(a) Change her will.
(b) Buy her a house.
(c) Be baptized.
(d) Name her the heir.

13. While Astrid is at the hospital who does she text?
(a) Nick Young.
(b) Charlie Wu.
(c) Ah Ling.
(d) Eddie Cheng.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What lie does Eddie tell Su Yi?

2. What pattern emerges in Astrid's life in Part Two?

3. Why does Nick's mother want him to reconcile with his grandmother?

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

5. What does Vikram tell Ah Ling?

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