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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What purpose does Part Two serve in the novel?
(a) It has the best gossip.
(b) It contains the rising action of the novel.
(c) It is the climax of the story.
(d) It is all a flashback.

2. What do Singaporeans think about Alfred Shang living in England?
(a) He only lives there because his wife is British.
(b) He is a representative of Singaporean life.
(c) He is a snob.
(d) He has abandoned Singapore.

3. What is the narrator's point of view?
(a) Third-person omniscient.
(b) Second-person objective.
(c) First-person subjective.
(d) Objective narration.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Astrid's parents react to the gossip column article?

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

3. Why do Kitty and Jack Bing have an argument about Colette?

4. Captain Ghale has a confrontation with Phillip Young over what?

5. What does Su Yi's gift to Rachel symbolize?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Nick and Astrid have in common?

2. How does Nick know his grandmother is saying she is sorry for opposing his marriage?

3. Why does Kitty Bing lash out at her husband, Jack?

4. Why is Nick Young ambivalent about returning to Singapore to see his grandmother, Su Yi?

5. Who is Lucia Shang? How does her character fit into the novel's plot?

6. What does Astrid find out when she visits Su Yi?

7. Mabel Shang holds a grudge against Charlie Wu's mother, Irene. What is behind her lingering anger?

8. What kind of relationship does Victoria have with her brother, Philip?

9. How are the characters of Eddie and Kitty similar?

10. In Part One, Chapter One, what do you learn about Charlie Wu from his encounter with Eddie Cheng?

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