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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two - Chapters 1-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Astrid hesitant to go away with Charlie?
(a) She is concerned about her grandmother's condition.
(b) She is afraid her husband will find out.
(c) Her mother forbid her to go.
(d) She is afraid Isabel with spy on them.

2. What is the narrator's point of view?
(a) First-person subjective.
(b) Third-person omniscient.
(c) Objective narration.
(d) Second-person objective.

3. What incident in Chapter 9 symbolizes the Young family's disregard for the money they spend?
(a) Victoria purchases plane tickets for her whole family.
(b) All the Youngs travel with ten or more servants.
(c) Victoria orders Ah Tock to have 500 gallons of bottled water shipped to Singapore overnight.
(d) Alexandra buys a mansion to be near her mother.

4. Eddie is concerned with appearances. What happens to upset him during the lawn party?
(a) His children are getting ice cream on their clothes.
(b) He is uncomfortable in his linen suit.
(c) His wife is wearing the wrong dress.
(d) Philip is wearing nicer clothes than he is.

5. What does Rachel encourage Nick to do?
(a) Ignore his mother's request and stay in New York.
(b) Stay in New York City and send a telegram to Singapore.
(c) Visit his mother and father in Singapore.
(d) Return to Singapore, put the past behind him, and make up to his grandmother before she dies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Su Yi's heart attack symbolize?

2. Why does Nick's mother want him to reconcile with his grandmother?

3. Why does Victoria resent her brother Philip?

4. Why do Kitty and Jack Bing have an argument about Colette?

5. Who is Kitty Bing?

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