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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 catastrophe happens to Jack?
(a) He gets arrested for fraud.
(b) He dies in a car crash.
(c) He gets arrested for stealing someone's passport.
(d) He gets cancer.

2. At the end of Chapter 2, what does Joe say his mother is good at doing?
(a) Arguing down prices on fruit being sold in the street.
(b) Balancing working with family life.
(c) Following the beliefs and values of Buddhism.
(d) Working hard to support her family.

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

4. During a conversation with Maribel, what does Schuyler suddenly say that Veronica can bake quite well?
(a) Lemon bars.
(b) Oatmeal chocolate chip cookies.
(c) Chocolate cupcakes.
(d) Key lime and apple pie.

5. On page 12, which book from his childhood does Ethan remember thinking about?
(a) Treasure Island.
(b) Charlotte's Web.
(c) Little Women.
(d) Frankenstein.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one way that helped Joe's mother learn English?

2. What is Ethan's college boyfriend's name?

3. Where is Ethan's sister wedding held?

4. When Joe and Veronica talk on the phone, what does Joe tell her he can do for her?

5. Where in Thailand is Joe's mother from?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Ethan's childhood. How does he feel about his father traveling often to Asia for work?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does Maribel say she gets out of her relationship with Schuyler?

9. After Schuyler dies, what scary dream does Veronica dream about?

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

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