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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. How do others react to a barefoot girl being slowly led to the hospital by her father?
(a) They cover their noses and move away.
(b) They faint.
(c) They make mean remarks.
(d) They try to help the father.

2. What does Ghosh contemplate at the opening of this chapter?
(a) The existence of God.
(b) Sexually-transmitted diseases.
(c) Why humans die.
(d) How his life would be different if he were English.

3. Why does Matron lie to Eli?
(a) She is afraid of the Emperor.
(b) She receives Eli's money but does not use it for the project.
(c) She is afraid of Thomas Stone.
(d) She knows the Emperor is listening in on the conversation.

4. What does Dr. Stone do to try and help Mary?
(a) Pull a baby out with an abortion tool.
(b) Stone is not at the hospital at the time.
(c) Stone attempts to do a C-section on her.
(d) Nothing, Mary doesn't need any help.

5. What does Stone tell Hema to do with the twins?
(a) Take them away.
(b) Kill them.
(c) Send them to the nursery.
(d) Give them to him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hema agree to do concerning Ghosh?

2. What is Almaz doing as Ghosh encounters her?

3. What does Ghosh say about the man's condition who visits him?

4. Why is Ghosh summoned to the palace?

5. Why does Sister Mary go to the Missing Hospital?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Marion run into when he gets mad at Hema and runs out of the house, and why is that person there?

2. What does Hema realize about Mary, and what does Stone do when Mary dies?

3. What does Hema do about Shiva not talking, what angers Marion and what does he yell at her?

4. What devastates Mary about the boat trip, and what does Dr. Stone ask her when they reach Addis Ababa? What is Mary's response to his question?

5. How does the family receive word about Mebratu's coup and what is the coup like initially?

6. What does Ghosh explain to the man with stomach pain, and what does he realize about the man?

7. How does Hema feel about the twins after she takes them in, and why does she call Ghosh for help?

8. What happens when Hema first rushes into the operating room?

9. How does Dr. Stone find out Mary is pregnant?

10. What does Hema do with Mary, and what does she find out is the problem?

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