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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who does Ethan's sister end up marrying?

4. When Maribel first flirts with Schuyler, what does she ask him about Brits?

5. What is Ethan doing when he learns about his father's "other life"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. After Gil suffers from a second stroke, where does he go and who takes care of him?

3. When Jake and June visit Joe and Nok, and they are about to eat the orchid cake made by Veronica, what task do they do in order to cut the cake?

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

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

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

7. How does Ethan react to his father's secret?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

After her father's death, Ethan's sister becomes angry at her father for spending too much of his money, arguing that he did not leave enough for her and her own children. Write an essay analyzing Ethan's mother's reaction to her daughter's expression of anger. Explain the different ways these two family members view money.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay defining and analyzing the connections between money and power throughout the novel. How does Gil's relationship with money equate to unyielding power? Which other characters in the novel use money as a form of power and how do they wield it?

Essay Topic 3

Select 2-3 symbols from the novel and write an essay analyzing how they relate to one of the novel's major themes.

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