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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Emperor ask Matron?
(a) If Thomas Stone could come see the Emperor as soon as possible.
(b) If Sister Mary Praise needs a burial plot.
(c) If the Matron would care for his daughter who is ill.
(d) If anyone at Missing has treated an army general.

2. What does Hema think about what is yelled at her?
(a) She thinks the fire department should be called.
(b) She thought Dr. Patlet was on vacation.
(c) She can hardly believe what is said.
(d) She is happy because she did not eat on the flight.

3. Where is Sister Praise going when she leaves Dr. Stone?
(a) Aden, Yemen.
(b) Saudia Arabia.
(c) To the African interior.
(d) Kenya.

4. Who does Ghosh decide to visit?
(a) A priest.
(b) A prostitute.
(c) A banker.
(d) A lawyer.

5. What does Dr. Stone do when he his well enough?
(a) Asks Mary to let him court her.
(b) Makes the captain begin to check the water supply.
(c) Talks to the captain about the bad food.
(d) Takes notes about the sick passengers.

6. How long is Mary Dr. Stone's surgical assistant before she goes into labor to deliver a child?
(a) Five years.
(b) Three years.
(c) Seven years.
(d) Two years.

7. What do Hema, Ghosh and the twins see when they go into the city?
(a) A dead antelope.
(b) A new hotel being built.
(c) Troops on every street corner.
(d) The Emperor driving towards his palace.

8. Who often plays cards with Ghosh?
(a) Shiva.
(b) Marion.
(c) Hema.
(d) Zemui and Mebratu.

9. Who is weeping in the operating room?
(a) Matron.
(b) Stewart.
(c) Gebrew.
(d) Nabor.

10. What does Matron hold as she sits with the family during the nights?
(a) A Bible.
(b) A rosary.
(c) A gun.
(d) A spear.

11. What does Shiva do when he sees the father and barefoot girl?
(a) Makes Marion go help the girl.
(b) Runs inside the hospital.
(c) Hides in the bushes.
(d) Goes and takes her hand.

12. What news does Almaz give Ghosh?
(a) Sister Mary is ill with African sleeping sickness.
(b) Hema married her third cousin.
(c) Hema has been killed in a plane crash.
(d) Sister Mary is dead.

13. Why does a soldier point a gun at Genet?
(a) To demand a motorcycle.
(b) To make her come with him.
(c) To make her betray Mebratu.
(d) To make her take him to Ghosh.

14. Why does Ghosh attach an anklet to Shiva?
(a) To abuse Shiva.
(b) To wake him when he stops breathing.
(c) To identify him.
(d) To offset Shiva's unbalanced chi.

15. What does the Emperor say to Matron?
(a) That he is sending Matron two more nuns to help them.
(b) That he is sorry that Thomas Stone disappeared.
(c) That he needs medical care.
(d) That he is sorry for Sister Mary's death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hema shout at Stone?

2. What has Hema done about the twins?

3. From where does Sister Mary Praise's orders come?

4. For what purpose has Eli's church been sending Matron money?

5. According to Marion, what will Shiva do when he's ready?

(see the answer keys)

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