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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. Who finds letters sent to Britain about the King?

2. What does the King say he does not need when Anna leaves the schoolroom in tears?

3. Why does Anna get upset when she hears she is to live in the palace?

4. Who speaks the most to Anna when the ship is boarded?

5. What does the King want to do when the British Ambassador comes to visit Siam?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is most afraid of the King's dying, and why?

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

3. What does Anna say when the King refuses to give her the house she has been promised?

4. Why does Lady Thiang say the King is so emotionally wounded after his scuffle with Anna, and what is Anna's response to this?

5. What is the first song the children sing together?

6. How does Lady Thiang feel when Anna agrees to speak with the King about Britain?

7. What does the King do to get Anna to agree to stay and teach his children?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Power and Greed are two common themes in this book. Where do they appear, and how do they differ in their manifestations?

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

The King and the Kralahome are two very similar people, and yet they have some very notable and important differences. Using the text to cite examples, write a compare/contrast essay about these two characters.

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