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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 song does Lady Thiang sing when Anna agrees to speak to the King about Britain?

2. The King talks about what when Anna comes to see him following their fight in the schoolroom?

3. Anna says she had known nothing about what before coming to teach the children in Siam?

4. Who begs Anna to go to the King when she is angry with him?

5. Who is Lady Thiang?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the subject of the song that Anna sings after her fight in the classroom with the King?

2. What happens while Tuptim and Lun Tha are singing?

3. Why does the King want Anna to teach his children?

4. The Crown Prince tells his father he is worried about what?

5. What is Tuptim's play called, and what is its subject?

6. What does Lun Tha tell Tuptim after Lady Thiang returns to the theater?

7. What does Lady Thiang say and realize after Anna agrees to talk to the King about Britain?

8. What does Anna do when she sees that the King has died?

9. How do Anna and the Ambassador know each other, and how does the King respond to this?

10. Buddha given credit for what event(s) in Tuptim's play?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

With which character do you relate the most in this book? Why is this? How does this character change throughout the book?

Essay Topic 2

Despair is a theme that is used in a number of sensitive places in this plot. What are some of these places, and what role does despair play in this book?

Essay Topic 3

Honor is something for which many of the main characters are striving in this book. Who is most affected by this pursuit, and how does it change the course of the plot?

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