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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 type of candy does Pao take to Margaret Morrison when he visits her and the baby?
(a) Peanut brittle.
(b) Chocolates.
(c) Divinity.
(d) Taffy.

2. What day of the week did Ethyl overhear Miss Fay on the phone and get ordered out of the room?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Wednesday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Tuesday.

3. In a two-hour period on West Kingston street, how many rounds of ammunition were fired?
(a) 100.
(b) 300.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 2,000.

4. Now that Fay is in England, where is she working?
(a) In an office.
(b) In a newspaper office.
(c) In a restaurant.
(d) In a drugstore.

5. What year was Helen Meacham called to the bar and became a lawyer?
(a) 1970.
(b) 1967.
(c) 1968.
(d) 1969.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Esther married?

2. What did Karl do when he was at the house on Lady Musgrave Rd.?

3. How many verses are there to the song that Miss Cicely sings now that Fay has moved back home?

4. How many members does the church have where Esther is married?

5. In what direction does Pao's mother have Zhang lying on his cot when Zhang is dying?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why can't Fay ask for custody of her children?

3. Why does Mrs. Samuels come to see Pao?

4. Describe Pao house in Beverly Hills.

5. What one good thing comes from Fay leaving Pao?

6. Where does Father Michael believe that virtue resides?

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

8. What is rural Jamaica like?

9. What terms does Manley have to meet when he goes to the International Monetary Fund for help?

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

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