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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 does Gil brag about?
2. During a conversation with Maribel, what does Schuyler suddenly say that Veronica can bake quite well?
3. What is Ethan's mother's profession?
4. Why does Joe's mother send Jack away?
5. Who informs Maribel that Schuyler is at the hospital?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the structure of the novel help readers understand the secrets to happiness?
2. Describe Ethan's childhood. How does he feel about his father traveling often to Asia for work?
3. At the beginning of Chapter 2, how can Joe's relationship with his high school girlfriend, Veronica, be described?
4. Describe the family's first encounter with Nok and her family in Queens.
5. What does Maribel say about Schuyler's mind in Chapter 3? What does she say about her own self in comparison to him?
6. In Chapter 3, how is the hotel described that Schuyler and the crew stay in?
7. Why do Schuyler and Maribel start crying after hearing the historian give a lecture about nineteenth century working conditions?
8. After Gil suffers from a second stroke, where does he go and who takes care of him?
9. After Ethan phones his mother to say Gil probably missed her, how does Abby react?
10. How does Ethan react to his father's secret?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
After discovering Gil's second family, Ethan, his sister, and mother all handle the news quite differently. Explain how each of these characters handles the news in his or her own way, explaining how his or her reaction reveals his or her characterization.
Essay Topic 2
Joe expresses that his mother was a Buddhist yet was "bribing the cycle of karma with petty cash" (80). Write an essay analyzing Joe and his mother's relationship with Buddhism in the novel.
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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