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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Bud runs away, he returns home. What do his parents threaten him with?
(a) Sending him to live with his brother.
(b) Cutting off his weekly allowance.
(c) Locking him in his room at night.
(d) Sending him to an uncle in Tennessee.

2. Who is Rachel's brother?
(a) Saul.
(b) David.
(c) Ethan.
(d) Kirk.

3. When Tara was younger in Thailand, what almost happened to her when her family left Nepal for Bangkok?
(a) She almost got hit by a car.
(b) She almost dropped a hot teapot onto her foot.
(c) She almost swallow a mango slice whole.
(d) She almost drowned in the Chao Phraya River.

4. What job does Frankie want to do when she is back in the U.S. with her family?
(a) Sell hand-dyed textiles.
(b) Make pottery in a ceramics studio.
(c) Work as a park ranger.
(d) Sell pashmina shawls.

5. At what age does Bud first run away from home?
(a) 15.
(b) 9.
(c) 18.
(d) 13.

6. In which city did young Gil and Frankie meet?
(a) Pittsburgh.
(b) New York.
(c) Philadelphia.
(d) Rutgers.

7. Where is Bud when he learns his father has died?
(a) A post office in Udon Thani.
(b) A restaurant in Udon Thani.
(c) A bar in Manila.
(d) A hotel in Chiang Mai.

8. After Nepal, where do Tara and her family move?
(a) New York.
(b) California.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) Texas.

9. Where do Apsara and her husband want to go for their honeymoon?
(a) Vermont.
(b) Thailand.
(c) Nepal.
(d) Upstate New York.

10. One his 21st birthday, what are the two things Bud does?
(a) Write a letter to his parents and eat an entire pizza.
(b) Call both of his ex-girlfriends, Lizzie and Eileen, and sing karaoke.
(c) Call his parents and apply for a hack license.
(d) Get drunk at a bar until 3:00 a.m. and break into a grocery store.

11. Where does Rachel's brother keep his will?
(a) In the bookcase next to the Audubon drawings.
(b) In the bookcase behind his favorite Charles Dickens book.
(c) In his home office desk draw.
(d) In an old tea tin with daisies painted on the lid.

12. Once he decides to go back to college, how many years does it take Bud to finish school?
(a) 4 years.
(b) 3.5 years.
(c) 6 years.
(d) 8 years.

13. Why do Lizzie and Bud eventually break up?
(a) He sleeps with Dale, Lizzie's roommate.
(b) He runs away and does not tell Lizzie.
(c) He runs out of money and has to return home.
(d) He steals money from Lizzie.

14. After years of traveling around the world, where does Frankie see Gil's name when she is back in the U.S.?
(a) Printed on the front of the New York Times.
(b) Stitched onto a jacket she saw in New York.
(c) Stitched into the interior of a rental car.
(d) Engraved on a golden bracelet.

15. Before getting sick, why did Rachel's brother believe online reading was important?
(a) He believed it was a victory over capitalistic endeavors.
(b) He believed it would open up more opportunities for children to love reading.
(c) He believed it would allow more people to become educated.
(d) He believed it allowed better access to learning.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job out of college does Tara enjoy?

2. What is the reason Bud believes girls like him?

3. What does Lizzie, Sally's sister's best friend, have waiting at her apartment after picking up Bud from the train station?

4. Who does Frankie suggest her daughter connect with about money for filming her next documentary?

5. Where do Frankie and Matthew raise Tara and her sister, Apsara?

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