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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. When Tara recalls her 3-year-old self, what does she remember that the Nepali government banned?
(a) Imported dairy.
(b) Cannabis.
(c) Cigarettes.
(d) Alcohol.

2. What movie does Tara's father take Frankie and her sister to go see after their return to the U.S.?
(a) Indiana Jones.
(b) E.T.
(c) The Shining.
(d) The Blues Brothers.

3. Where does Gil allow Tara to visit in order to shoot her documentary?
(a) The warehouses he owned in New York.
(b) The second, historic home he owned in Connecticut.
(c) The beach he owned in Florida.
(d) The industrial mills he owned in Asia.

4. When Rachel was dating Bud, what did she believe money did to people?
(a) Made them greedy and stingy.
(b) Soured them and made them stingy and anxious.
(c) Made them reckless and dangerously powerful.
(d) Made them selfish and obsessive.

5. Who teaches Tara and her sister how to read when they live in Nepal?
(a) Her next door neighbor.
(b) Several monks.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. To which city in the Philippines does Angelica take Bud for Christmas?

2. What color is the ribbon Nadia leaves out in honor of Saul?

3. With whom does Frankie leave for London after she quits her job at the doctor's office?

4. What is Rachel's brother's boyfriend's profession?

5. What place does Frankie metaphorically compare her sexual relationship with Gil to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What things during dinner with his father does Bud learn about the world?

2. How does Tara describe her parents' relationship with money?

3. What does Tara's friend, Tracey, make a film about and how does Tara feel about it?

4. After his medical treatments, what does Saul do when he arrives back home?

5. When Frankie first meets Matthew, what does he tell her he wants to do?

6. After Matthew gets his job at Devils Postpile National Monument, what do he and Frankie argue about?

7. When Bud goes to his late father's house with his siblings, what does he give up?

8. Rachel describes her brother as "a total pill." How does Saul's illness affect his character?

9. How does Rachel react to the news that her brother's boyfriend, Kirk, is making him leave his apartment?

10. What happens when Bud runs away from home for the first time?

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