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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Pao's children and Gloria do together?
(a) Go to a park.
(b) Walk along the beach.
(c) Get ice cream.
(d) Go to Pao's home.

2. How old is Pao when he feels like he has become a man?
(a) 21.
(b) 18.
(c) 35.
(d) 40.

3. What color hair does the Morrisons' adopted baby have?
(a) Brown.
(b) Titian.
(c) Black.
(d) Ginger.

4. How many days after Clifton leaves does Fay kidnap the children?
(a) 4 days.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 2 days.
(d) 1 day.

5. Where was Henry Wong's funeral held?
(a) Holy Cross.
(b) Holy Trinity Cathedral.
(c) Saint Patrick's.
(d) Our Lady of the Angels.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 22, what does Pao begin teaching his Mui and Xiuquan?

2. Where does Margy move after she finishes her college course?

3. Why did Mutt and Jeff, the two troublesome police constables get kicked off the police force?

4. Who was the father of Miss Cecily's first son?

5. What time of day does it frequently rain in Jamaica?

Short Essay Questions

1. Under what conditions does Pao get permission to write his children?

2. Why are Jamaicans not in charge of their own destiny in 1980?

3. What does Father Michael tell Pao about becoming John Morrisson's godfather?

4. Why does Kenneth decide to try the supermarket business?

5. In Chapter 34, why is Mui so desperate to return to Jamaica?

6. How did Fay manage to kidnap the children?

7. Why does Pao decide to quit calling his son Xiuquan?

8. What was it like when the children were at Lady Musgrave Rd.?

9. Who does Miss Cecily blame when Kenneth dies?

10. Why does Father Michael believe he is an accomplice in the kidnapping of the children?

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