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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 Lhamo often see in the thatched roof?
(a) Spirits.
(b) Lice.
(c) Owls.
(d) Mice.

2. What is the name of Lhamo's camp?
(a) Rendi.
(b) Jawalakhel.
(c) Fig.
(d) Helios.

3. Where does Shumo live?
(a) Kathmandu.
(b) Toronto.
(c) Moscow.
(d) Delhi.

4. When does Ama say they should be ready to flee their home village?
(a) When the sun is shining.
(b) When the moon is blanketed by clouds.
(c) When the clock strikes 12.
(d) When the harvest is done.

5. What does Dolma ask to do with the ku that Elise refuses?
(a) Take a picture.
(b) Lick it.
(c) Send it overseas.
(d) Borrow it.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Dolma say she afforded the school fees for the British School she attended?

2. Who is Lhamo's oldest friend in Part I?

3. Where does Ama think she may have gotten a job in Part I?

4. What do Lhamo's people call the Dalai Lama?

5. In Part II, who does Shumo want to stay in the city with her at first?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dolma end up thinking of Gyalsten?

2. What does Ashang Migmar do with Po Dhondup's body?

3. What does Ama do when Pala is obviously so ill?

4. Why does Dolma hope Gyalsten might be able to help with the problem of the ku?

5. What is Dolma's reaction to seeing the ku in Part II?

6. What does Tenkyi end up doing and behaving like in Toronto?

7. Why does Ama decide that her family should leave their home?

8. What is the power of Lhamo's mother's mirror?

9. How does Lhamo know her father is very ill?

10. Why does Dolma get upset with the white, Western Tibetan scholars?

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