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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. In Part 1: Chapter 5, how much does Eleanor pay Cassian's au pair to be able to spend time with the boy?

2. In Part 1: Chapter 1, what does Kitty Pong pay for The Place of Eighteen perfections?

3. In the Prologue where is Edison Cheng flying?

4. In Part 2: Chapter 1, when does Corinna prepare a social impact assessment for Kitty Tai?

5. In Part 1: Chapter 7, where does Eleanor say that Carlton's girlfriend lives?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part 1: Chapter 9, what happens when Evangeline de Ayala tries to take Kitty Pong to the Locke Club?

2. In Part 1: Chapter 7, what were Gayatri Singh's jewelry parties like?

3. In Part 2: Chapter 4, what does Carlton wish for the future in his toast at dinner?

4. In Part 2: Chapter 1, what does Corinna say will be Kitty's chief handicap to social success and why?

5. In Part 1: Chapter 2, what is Rachel's engagement ring like, and where was it purchased from?

6. In Part 2: Chapter 4, who is Baptiste, and what does he bring?

7. In Part 1: Chapter 2, what does Shaoyen give Eleanor, and what is the gift worth?

8. In Part 1: Chapter 4, how does Astrid Teo describe her new house?

9. In Part 1: Chapter 1, who buys The Palace of Eighteen Perfections and for how much?

10. In Part 2: Chapter 3, why does Ludivine contact Astrid?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The novel is told mostly from a third-person omniscient point of view. How does the point of view influence the story? How does the point of view determine how readers view the story and the characters?

Essay Topic 2

Cliffhangers are literary devices where an author leaves readers wondering what will happen next. When does the author use cliffhangers in the novel? Do they add to the suspense of the novel and make you as a reader wish to keep reading?

Essay Topic 3

Sometimes the author uses foreshadowing to hint at things to come. How does the author use foreshadowing? Does this increase suspense in the novel?

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