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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. What language was Sasha learning when she was 23?
(a) Japanese.
(b) Russian.
(c) Arabic.
(d) Mandarin.

2. In Chapter 4, how far does Elizabeth have to carry the four-year-old home because she is too sick to get in a car or ride the train?
(a) 1/2 mile.
(b) 2 miles.
(c) A mile.
(d) 1 1/2 miles.

3. How long did Elizabeth stay in Southeast Asia when she was 22 and Sasha went home?
(a) 8 weeks.
(b) 3 weeks.
(c) 5 weeks.
(d) 7 weeks.

4. When Elizabeth was 22, what did she and Sasha do for a living?
(a) Teach English.
(b) Teach wealthy Taiwanese kids.
(c) Teach diplomats' kids.
(d) Teach expats' kids.

5. In what country was Sasha when she was 23, was pregnant, and decided to go home?
(a) Vietnam.
(b) Philippines.
(c) Cambodia.
(d) Thailand.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days after texting does Sasha come to see Elizabeth in Chapter 7?

2. Who does Elizabeth talk to about the second-hand reports of a professor who is molesting his students in Chapter 4?

3. In Chapter 4, how many days of school does Kayla miss?

4. In Chapter 4, what time does Elizabeth get up at the beginning of the chapter?

5. How much younger is Kayla's little brother than she?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sasha look like when she comes to see Elizabeth in Chapter 7?

2. Where did Sasha go after she returned to the U.S., and what problems did she have?

3. Why has the counselor at Elizabeth's school been transferred?

4. After Elizabeth texts Sasha and asks what she can do, what does Elizabeth imagine Sasha will do?

5. What happens when Elizabeth's husband is out of town in Chapter 5?

6. What does the principal tell Elizabeth when he gives her a contract to teach the next year, and how does Elizabeth respond?

7. What do Elizabeth and Sasha do after taking the girls to school?

8. Why did Elizabeth take the job at the charter school, and why does she think she is not what her students need?

9. How do Kayla and her brother get back home, and how does Elizabeth feel about that?

10. What trip did Elizabeth and Sasha take after their jobs ended in Taipei, and why was the trip difficult for Sasha?

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