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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 does Anna show her class in the fourth scene?

2. Who tells the children to believe everything Anna tells them?

3. Why does the woman brought by Lun Tha say she can never please the King?

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

5. Why is the King unable to meet with Anna when she first arrives?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who performs Tuptim's play for the British Ambassador?

2. Whom does the King blame for the change in Chulalongkorn, and how does the person feel about this?

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

4. What does the King do when his planned is rushed?

5. What does Anna tell the children the world is, and how does the King feel about that?

6. Louis gets excited about what at the beginning of the book?

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

8. The schoolroom is used for what purpose during the preparations for the feast?

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

10. What does Sir Ramsay say after the feast and play?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the characters touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

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 characters in this play all have their own goals and motivations. Select four characters and write about their main motivation throughout the book and how this goal affects the characters around them.

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