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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. How does Bud describe himself when he was in elementary school?

2. Where is Bud when he learns his father has died?

3. When Tara was younger in Thailand, what almost happened to her when her family left Nepal for Bangkok?

4. What are Bud and Will, his one childhood friend, obsessed with in school?

5. Who is Rachel's brother?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bud describe his relationship with Sally?

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

3. What does Bud learn about from his childhood friendship with Sally?

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

5. When Bud brings a date, Phoebe, to his sister's wedding, what does she say to his family?

6. When Saul expresses that he feels hopeless and there is nothing that he wants anymore, how does Rachel counter this point?

7. How does Rachel describe the personality of the nickname "Sister Susie," which Kirk fondly calls her?

8. What does Saul tell Rachel is one reason why Kirk wants them to break up after Saul is diagnosed with cancer?

9. What does Tara's father, Matthew, do for a living once in Kathmandu?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 3, Maribel became increasingly resentful of Schuyler's disregard for the consequences of his actions. He has another life back in New York, which Maribel knows she will never be a part of. In what ways was Maribel's situation similar and dissimilar from Nok's? How did wealth harm Nok and Maribel through each of their lover's actions?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay analyzing Joe's mother's idea of happiness. How did she imagine her sons to be the happiest?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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