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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three - Chapters 1-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is in the video Michael sends Astrid?
(a) Astrid and Charlie having sex.
(b) Charlie and Isabel having sex.
(c) Isabel at the Christian Fellowship luncheon.
(d) Astrid threatening to sue Michael.

2. Captain Ghale has a confrontation with Phillip Young over what?
(a) Their family is too early.
(b) Nick being banned from Tyersall Park.
(c) Philip and Eleanor do not have an invitation.
(d) There is no where for them to park.

3. When Philip, Eleanor, and Nick arrive at the house in Part Two, what is going on?
(a) Everyone is watching a badminton match.
(b) There are swans and peacocks on the front lawn.
(c) The family is gathered to pray.
(d) Servants are taking luggage into the house.

4. What literary device does the author use to provide more information about Nick's childhood?
(a) A dream.
(b) Foreshadowing.
(c) A flashback.
(d) A prediction.

5. Oliver is stunned when who arrives at Su Yi's funeral?
(a) Colette and her husband.
(b) Michael Teo.
(c) The Queen of England.
(d) Charlie Wu's mother, Irene.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Ah Ling and Vikram get Nick and Astrid into the house to see Ah Ma?

2. What do the gossip columns, secret photographers, and spying symbolize in the novel?

3. What saves Su Yi from being tortured or killed by the brutal colonel?

4. Which of Ah Ma's daughters was with her when she died?

5. Every month, Rosalind Fung holds a Christian Fellowship Banquet. Why are so many women anxious to attend?

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