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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One - Chapters 7-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While Astrid is at the hospital who does she text?
(a) Nick Young.
(b) Eddie Cheng.
(c) Charlie Wu.
(d) Ah Ling.

2. What do Su Yi and Astrid discuss in the hospital?
(a) Su Yi tells Astrid to make up with her mother.
(b) Astrid tells Su Yi about Isabel's appearance at the luncheon.
(c) Su Yi tells Astrid she wants to go home.
(d) She asks Astrid to bring Nick to the hospital.

3. What caused the estrangement between Nick and his grandmother, Su Yi?
(a) Su Yi arranged for Nick to marry a girl from Singapore.
(b) Nick was upset because his grandmother did not come to his wedding.
(c) Nicky would not visit his parents.
(d) Su Yi objected to Nick's marriage to Rachel.

4. What did Colette do to Rachel?
(a) She poisoned her.
(b) She told Nick a lie to break up their relationship.
(c) She sent her a nasty letter.
(d) She did not invite Rachel to her engagement party.

5. Every month, Rosalind Fung holds a Christian Fellowship Banquet. Why are so many women anxious to attend?
(a) Rosalind Fung is a well-known religious scholar.
(b) There is a gourmet meal and it is free.
(c) The women are trying to build a sense of unity among different faiths.
(d) Receiving an invitation means acceptance by Singapore's social elite.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Nick and Rachel live?

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

3. Who bursts into the Christian Fellowship Banquet uninvited?

4. Eddie goes into great detail about what he is wearing. What is he most proud of wearing?

5. What symbolic figure appears in both of Su Yi's dreams?

(see the answer key)

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