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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 does the reader learn about Singaporean high society from the incidents in this section of the novel?
(a) People do not care if you have money.
(b) They are proud of their history.
(c) They think they are better than everyone else.
(d) Appearance and acceptance are important to everyone.

2. When Ah Tock enters the kitchen at Tyersall Park, what are cooks making that reminds him of parties at the house?
(a) Bird's nest soup.
(b) Honey-chocolate syrup.
(c) Pineapple tarts.
(d) Crepes.

3. What brings the members of the family together in the dining room?
(a) A family meeting.
(b) Ah Ching's famous crepes.
(c) Eddie's tantrum.
(d) Doctor Oon.

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

5. How did Su Yi avoid being killed by a brutal Japanese colonel?
(a) Vikram helped her escape.
(b) She became a spy.
(c) She played the piano.
(d) She hid in the Botanic Gardens.

Short Answer Questions

1. Eddie is concerned with appearances. What happens to upset him during the lawn party?

2. Why do Kitty and Jack Bing have an argument about Colette?

3. How is Catherine Young's husband described?

4. What issue does Nick's mother, Eleanor, keep bringing up?

5. What does Cassandra see in her email?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of relationship does Victoria have with her brother, Philip?

2. What is Victoria's reaction when Ah Ling announces that Alexandra and her family have arrived to see Su Yi?

3. Why is Nick Young ambivalent about returning to Singapore to see his grandmother, Su Yi?

4. Su Yi dreams she is in Ranakpur, India. Who does she meet in her dream?

5. How is the Bible study group described in Part One, Chapter Two?

6. What does Astrid find out when she visits Su Yi?

7. What do Nick and Astrid have in common?

8. Who is Oliver T'sien and what is his relationship to Kitty Bing?

9. What kind of relationship does Nick have with his mother, Eleanor?

10. In Part One, Chapter One, what do you learn about Charlie Wu from his encounter with Eddie Cheng?

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