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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dolma want to do with her life?
(a) Be a landscaper.
(b) Be a Tibetan scholar.
(c) Be a lawyer.
(d) Be an accountant.

2. What does Dolma remember as an embarrassing incident from her childhood?
(a) Having lice.
(b) Getting her first period.
(c) Having no shoes.
(d) Having strep throat.

3. What do Lhamo's people call the Dalai Lama?
(a) The Only One.
(b) The Other one.
(c) The Frozen One.
(d) The Precious One.

4. Who tells Lhamo not to reply if the spirits call her?
(a) Mo Yutak.
(b) Riki.
(c) Helion.
(d) Tenkyi.

5. What do the invaders wish to be called?
(a) Gyasi.
(b) Federlo.
(c) People's Liberation Army.
(d) The Army.

6. What is a popular destination for tourists to visit in Dolma's home region?
(a) Nibata.
(b) Regatta.
(c) Potala.
(d) Rigala.

7. What do the soldiers attach to roofs where Lhamo's people used to hang flags?
(a) Their own flags.
(b) Birds.
(c) Boxes that broadcast sound.
(d) Grain.

8. What is the first name of the woman who is the new owner of the ku in Part II?
(a) Jane.
(b) Ellen.
(c) Martha.
(d) Helen.

9. What is the new word Lhamo hears to describe herself and her family as displaced people?
(a) Refugees.
(b) Helions.
(c) Friends.
(d) Soldiers.

10. What does the person who takes Dolma's coat at the party mistake her for?
(a) A child.
(b) A priestess.
(c) The homeowner.
(d) A worker.

11. Where does Dolma go in Part II to try to get her career on track?
(a) A fancy party at a mansion.
(b) A courthouse.
(c) A wedding.
(d) A job fair.

12. Who is one of the other academics focusing on Tibet that Dolma meets in Part II?
(a) Henries.
(b) Jacobs.
(c) Richards.
(d) Horowitz.

13. What does Dolma begin to suspect in Part II about the ku Elise shows her?
(a) It is not the one she thought it might be.
(b) It is evil.
(c) It is the same one that her village worshipped.
(d) It is real gold.

14. Who is Dolma's mentor back in Nepal?
(a) Helen.
(b) Henri.
(c) Riki.
(d) Helios.

15. How does Dolma say she afforded the school fees for the British School she attended?
(a) Her sister paid.
(b) She snuck in and out.
(c) Her uncle paid.
(d) Her mother paid.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word means "Aunt" in Lhamo's language?

2. How old is Tenkyi when Ama has her initiation?

3. What is Lhamo's daughter's name?

4. What does Pala's friend present to the family as a precious relic?

5. What do Dolma and some other Tibetans call Americans?

(see the answer keys)

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