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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What characteristic sets Victoria apart from her siblings?
(a) She is whiny.
(b) She is bossy.
(c) She is just like her mother.
(d) She is extremely religious.

3. Who does Astrid believe is spying on her?
(a) Kitty Bing.
(b) Isabel Wu.
(c) Michael Teo.
(d) Charlie Wu.

4. What does Vikram tell Ah Ling?
(a) He wants to resign.
(b) He knows what is in Su Yi's will.
(c) He is in love with her.
(d) Eddie is trying to keep Nick away from his grandmother.

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

6. Why is Eleanor disgusted by the badminton party at Tyersall Park?
(a) Eddie is cheating.
(b) They are not following the proper rules.
(c) It is disgraceful when Su Yi is dying.
(d) She has not been invited to play.

7. How do Ah Ling and Vikram get Nick and Astrid into the house to see Ah Ma?
(a) Ah Ling and Vikram keep Eddie out of the way.
(b) They use a secret entrance through the Botanic Gardens.
(c) Vikram lets them in the front door after dark.
(d) Ah Ling smuggles them in through the kitchen.

8. What saves Su Yi from being tortured or killed by the brutal colonel?
(a) She promises to give him her house.
(b) She plays Clair de Lune on the piano.
(c) She promises to marry him.
(d) She begs for her life.

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

10. What does Rachel encourage Nick to do?
(a) Ignore his mother's request and stay in New York.
(b) Stay in New York City and send a telegram to Singapore.
(c) Visit his mother and father in Singapore.
(d) Return to Singapore, put the past behind him, and make up to his grandmother before she dies.

11. What symbolic figure appears in both of Su Yi's dreams?
(a) An empress.
(b) A priest.
(c) A fruit tree.
(d) A prince.

12. What is Oliver T'sien's role in the novel?
(a) He decorates all Kitty's houses.
(b) He is the antagonist.
(c) He is an art expert and takes the place of a close female friend for Kitty.
(d) He is the protagonist.

13. 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) Crepes.
(d) Honey-chocolate syrup.

14. How did Su Yi avoid being killed by a brutal Japanese colonel?
(a) She hid in the Botanic Gardens.
(b) She played the piano.
(c) Vikram helped her escape.
(d) She became a spy.

15. What problem did Bettina Ortiz y Mena experience?
(a) She was not included in a private party.
(b) Her limousine was late.
(c) She was unable to get her regular table at a restaurant.
(d) She could not find her husband at the restaurant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Victoria is anxious for her mother to do what before she dies?

2. On page 215, Astrid uses imagery to describe her mother's reaction to the newspaper article. What does she say?

3. What literary device does the author use to provide more information about Nick's childhood?

4. Why does Victoria resent her brother Philip?

5. In Chapter 5, what does Kitty Bing purchase?

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