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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. How many weeks after Pao talks to Meacham do Fitzgerald and the police constables disappear?

2. How many children did Samuels have?

3. After Hampton and Ethyl get married, where will they visit her family?

4. What can Pao smell the first night he sleeps in his new home?

5. How many days after Clifton leaves does Fay kidnap the children?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is rural Jamaica like?

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

4. Describe Pao house in Beverly Hills.

5. What does Henry Wong know about Kenneth's business?

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

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

8. What reason does Pao give for wanting to know how the children spent their time at Lady Musgrave Rd.?

9. In the 1970s, what are some ways that people try to smuggle money out of Jamaica?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 24, Fay kidnaps the children. Discuss how Pao reacts to the kidnapping.

Essay Topic 2

Gloria learns that Pao is engaged to marry Fay Wong before he has a chance to tell her. Discuss how Gloria treated Pao after he became engaged and why.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the way that Fay and her mother treat people who are not of their social class.

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