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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. How does Su Yi tell Astrid her brother, Alexander (Ah Jit) die?
(a) He died in an accident.
(b) He drowned.
(c) He died in India.
(d) He died of cholera.

2. What does Nick do when he finds out his grandmother had a heart attack?
(a) He does not believe the news.
(b) He tells his mother he will not return to Singapore.
(c) He immediately makes plane reservations.
(d) He calls his great uncle, Alfred Shang.

3. What do the gossip columns, secret photographers, and spying symbolize in the novel?
(a) Lack of privacy.
(b) Popularity.
(c) The Young family's hobby.
(d) Good journalism.

4. Su Yi dreams she is in India. What is she doing?
(a) She is trying to get back to Singapore.
(b) Su Yi visits a sacred shrine.
(c) She is walking through the streets of Bombay.
(d) She meets a young priest buying candles for a Catholic church.

5. For what does Charlie apologize to Astrid?
(a) His children were rude to Astrid.
(b) He was late for dinner.
(c) He did not go to the hospital to see her grandmother.
(d) Isabel's outburst at the Christian Fellowship breakfast.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Colette do to Rachel?

3. What is the narrator's point of view?

4. Why does Nick's mother want him to reconcile with his grandmother?

5. Are the members of the Young family close?

(see the answer key)

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