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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. Where does Clifton go to see Margy Lopez?

2. Where does Fay's brother live?

3. How many months after Father Michael becomes archbishop is Esther married?

4. What did Xiuquan take from a store that got him arrested?

5. How many days a week does Pao's mother play mah-jongg?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Fay manage to kidnap the children?

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

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

6. What is rural Jamaica like?

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

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

9. Describe DeFreitas as he looks when Pao meets with him in Chapter 20.

10. Where does Father Michael believe that virtue resides?

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

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

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 27, Pao and Cicely discuss Mui and Xiuquan. The objective of this lesson is to compare and contrast Mui and Xiuquan.

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