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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 is the name of Cecily Wong's servant who is supposed to gather mangoes from under a tree?

2. Where does Pao meet Brown after Brown gives Milton a message?

3. How old is the waitress who is with Meacham's daughter during the murders?

4. What day is the Jamaican independence day?

5. In Chapter 1, what day of the week does Gloria tell Pao that he can come over?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Morrison want Pao to do for Captain Mecham?

2. How does Pao rationalize his daily visits to Gloria's house?

3. What payment did Zhang get when he first worked for Chin?

4. In the 1940s, Kingston was bursting with U.S. sailors. Who visited Jamaica in the 1950s?

5. How do Pao and Henry Wong become business partners?

6. Why does Zhang say that the Jamaicans riot?

7. How did Gloria's relationship with Pao become personal rather than simply business?

8. How did Pao describe Jamaica when he first saw it?

9. What goals were Manley and Bustamante working for?

10. What does Pao's mother say about Fay in Chapter 12?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Morrisons ask Pao to be the godfather for the baby they adopted. Discuss reasons why Pao should or should not be the baby's godfather.

Essay Topic 2

A new police sergeant is brought in to help fight corruption. Discuss the corruption in the police department and Sergeant Brown's role in taming that corruption.

Essay Topic 3

Pao and Fay didn't know each other well when they married. Discuss the reasons why Pao and Fay married.

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