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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 new job in Thailand does Jack get?
(a) Managing a department at a Thai bank.
(b) Cooking at a luxury hotel.
(c) Selling food from a cart on the street.
(d) Selling phones and phone cards.

2. When does Ethan tell his family that his new love interest is a man?
(a) Freshman year of college.
(b) After graduating from college.
(c) Sophomore year of college.
(d) Never.

3. Where does Joe's mother send his brother, Jack?
(a) Canada.
(b) A private high school.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) Thailand.

4. With whom does Joe soon develop a romantic relationship?
(a) Kim.
(b) Jack's girlfriend.
(c) Veronica.
(d) Mei.

5. What does Joe's high school girlfriend study in college?
(a) Biology.
(b) Italian.
(c) English.
(d) Physics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What religion does Joe's mother believe in?

2. When Maribel's father moved into a bedsit, what did people leave him as a thank you gift?

3. How does Maribel feel when she is with Schuyler?

4. What does Schuyler do with Alastair when they are at the pub one night?

5. How does Ethan identify himself as he reflects on his college years?

Short Essay Questions

1. After Ethan phones his mother to say Gil probably missed her, how does Abby react?

2. What secret does Ethan and his family learn about Gil?

3. What originally happens to Schuyler's money after he is killed?

4. After four weeks of filming, how does Maribel describe her and Schuyler's morning routine?

5. How do Maribel and Schuyler first meet each other?

6. What does Maribel say about Schuyler's mind in Chapter 3? What does she say about her own self in comparison to him?

7. What surprises Joe about Veronica's relationship and marriage to Schuyler, her husband?

8. Why does Schuyler's brother, Tad, phone Maribel after Schuyler's death?

9. How is Jack described by Joe in Chapter 2? Why does Nok worry about him when he is a teenager?

10. How does Abby, Gil's first wife, handle the news about her husband's secret?

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