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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two - Chapters 1-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Ah Tock enters the kitchen at Tyersall Park, what are cooks making that reminds him of parties at the house?
(a) Bird's nest soup.
(b) Pineapple tarts.
(c) Honey-chocolate syrup.
(d) Crepes.

3. 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 meets a young priest buying candles for a Catholic church.
(d) She is walking through the streets of Bombay.

4. What does Charlie Wu do for a living?
(a) He is on the council of the World Economic Forum.
(b) He works for Eddie Cheng.
(c) He does not work because his family is so rich.
(d) He is the founder of the biggest tech company in Asia.

5. What is Victoria doing when Ah Ling finds her?
(a) Victoria is making her mother's bed.
(b) Victoria is shredding some of her mother's personal papers.
(c) She is planning meals for the household.
(d) Victoria is looking for her mother's will.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How does Su Yi tell Astrid her brother, Alexander (Ah Jit) die?

4. What do Singaporeans think about Alfred Shang living in England?

5. Why was it so important to Eddie Cheng that he was attending the World Economic Forum?

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