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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 job out of college does Tara enjoy?

2. When Rachel's mother caught her praying one day in her youth, what did she tell Rachel not to do?

3. Where do Apsara and her husband want to go for their honeymoon?

4. What does Rachel say she prides herself on after she helps move her brother into his new apartment?

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

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

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

5. What does Tara's former boyfriend, whom she dates in her 20s, tell her about money?

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

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

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

9. Why does Frankie, Tara's mother, turn down Gil's marriage proposal when they are 19?

10. How does Tara describe her childhood upbringing in Kathmandu?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay analyzing the differences between Tara being raised in Kathmandu versus California and New York. How does the role of money change their happiness in two different places?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

In Chapter 1, after discovering the news about her husband's second family, Ethan's mother decides to travel to Thailand to teach English. Ethan explains how in one message from his mother, he noted how her tone shifted from dull and unenthused to happy and wondrous. Analyze the shift in tone in his mother's messages and what it reveals about her finding happiness.

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