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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. Of what nationality is Salvador Carriscant?
(a) Mexican.
(b) British.
(c) Italian.
(d) American.

2. Where does Kay's mother say Kay was born?
(a) Somoa.
(b) Borneo.
(c) Thailand.
(d) New Guinea.

3. For what does Kay use a scalpel?
(a) To carve her initials in a tree.
(b) To carve a model of a building she is designing.
(c) To open a package that arrives for her.
(d) To make an incision in Carriscant's arm.

4. How did Coleman Brockway die?
(a) Polio.
(b) Killed in an accident.
(c) Crib death.
(d) A congenital birth defect.

5. What does Philip say about Kay since they divorced?
(a) She has ignored his family.
(b) She has gained weight.
(c) She has gotten hard.
(d) She has become weepy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kay do for Philip?

2. What seemed to be true about the location of the body that was found?

3. What does narration give the reader?

4. What does Carriscant often think of doing?

5. Why do Bobby and Carriscan travel to Cruz's house?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Kay go to visit her mother in Chapter Four?

2. What does Salvador Carriscant say about his return to Manila in 1897?

3. What does Carriscant learn about the photograph of the woman and what does he want to do?

4. Where does Carriscant visit in the chapter titled "The Nipa Barn"?

5. What does Philip do when he comes to visit Kay after she is home from her chat with Carriscant?

6. What does Carriscant realize about Pantaleon now after knowing the man for some time?

7. What is the impact of Coleman's death on Kay and Philip?

8. Describe the feud between Carriscant and Isidro Cruz.

9. What does Carriscant say about his parentage?

10. Why is Kay Fischer nearly bankrupt?

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