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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. After losing her wealth, where does Maribel's mother work?
(a) At a law firm.
(b) At a laundromat.
(c) At a secondary school.
(d) At a pre-school.

2. At the beginning of Chapter 1, what does Ethan say his father often complained about?
(a) Drinking too much.
(b) Eating airplane food.
(c) Missing his family.
(d) Not getting enough sleep.

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

4. What does Gil brag about?
(a) His family.
(b) Knowing many languages.
(c) His wife.
(d) Money.

5. How does Joe's high school girlfriend's husband die?
(a) He overdoses in his apartment living room.
(b) He gets his by a car in Leeds, England.
(c) He gets hit by a car in Bangkok.
(d) He dies from a brain aneurism in his sleep.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Veronica soon move in with after her husband's death?

2. Where did Maribel grow up?

3. What time is it when Maribel ignores phone calls from Schuyler when she returns home from the pub?

4. What new job in Thailand does Jack get?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Veronica handle losing her husband, Schuyler, after he is killed overseas?

3. In Chapter 3, how is the hotel described that Schuyler and the crew stay in?

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

5. Why does Gil refuse Nok's request to send Jack to a private school?

6. How does the structure of the novel help readers understand the secrets to happiness?

7. How does Maribel describe how she feels after becoming romantically involved with Schuyler?

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

9. Describe the family's first encounter with Nok and her family in Queens.

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

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