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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 205 - 279, Chapters 4 - 5, Chapters 1 - 5, and Chapters 1 - 2).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who drives the jeep that takes Tenkyi away in Part III?
(a) Ashang.
(b) Tashi.
(c) Samphel.
(d) Ama.

2. What is not in Samphel's nature, according to Samphel?
(a) Leaving things alone.
(b) Making enough to live on.
(c) Persisting.
(d) Praying.

3. Who does Samphel think has always been too thin?
(a) Yokuta.
(b) Parvati.
(c) His mother.
(d) Tenkyi.

4. What does Lhamo criticize the Tibetan scholars for?
(a) Making money from selling books.
(b) Being silent on Tibetans' suffering.
(c) Drinking too much.
(d) Not speaking the language.

5. What does Palzon work as when she first gets to Canada?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) A nanny.
(c) A house cleaner.
(d) A doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tenkyi tell Ama about the saint in Part III?

2. When did Samphel learn he had a daughter?

3. What special objects must surround a body so its spirit can find its way to the afterlife?

4. What does Dolma ask to do with the ku that Elise refuses?

5. What kind of flags do Lhamo's people routinely hang?

(see the answer key)

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