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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. When does Edward Seaga become prime minister?

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

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

4. When is Michael Manley elected as leader of the People's National Party?

5. In Chapter 23, during what year was there open warfare on the streets of Kingston?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Where does Father Michael believe that virtue resides?

4. How is Zhang's body prepared for burial?

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

6. Describe Pao house in Beverly Hills.

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

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

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

10. What is rural Jamaica like?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Esther marries, Pao ponders their relationship. Discuss Pao and Esther's relationship and how it changed over the years.

Essay Topic 2

Pao decides to put the gunrunners out of business in Chinatown. Discuss how Pao puts the gunrunners out of business.

Essay Topic 3

Pao and Fay didn't know each other well when they married. Discuss the reasons why Pao and Fay married.

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