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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What genre of fiction did Bud love to read as a child?
2. What new job does Bud take after quitting?
3. After years of traveling around the world, where does Frankie see Gil's name when she is back in the U.S.?
4. One night, after getting up to use the bathroom, what did Rachel witness Nadia was doing for her brother?
5. Where do Frankie and Matthew raise Tara and her sister, Apsara?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Bud describe his relationship with Sally?
2. Why does Frankie, Tara's mother, turn down Gil's marriage proposal when they are 19?
3. What things during dinner with his father does Bud learn about the world?
4. What idea does Bud come up with for temporary employment while living at Lizzie's apartment?
5. What does Tara's friend, Tracey, make a film about and how does Tara feel about it?
6. When Frankie quits her job at the doctor's office, how does her then boyfriend, Quinn, react?
7. What does Saul tell Rachel is one reason why Kirk wants them to break up after Saul is diagnosed with cancer?
8. How does Rachel describe the personality of the nickname "Sister Susie," which Kirk fondly calls her?
9. When Frankie first meets Matthew, what does he tell her he wants to do?
10. What does Tara's father, Matthew, do for a living once in Kathmandu?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay analyzing Nok's relationship with money in the novel. Why does she tell her sons that they are lucky? How and why does money equate to luck?
Essay Topic 2
Select 2-3 symbols from the novel and write an essay analyzing how they relate to one of the novel's major themes.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay analyzing the differences between Tara being raised in Kathmandu versus California and New York. How does the role of money change their happiness in two different places?
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