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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who goes to Northern India to find his niece?
(a) Riverton.
(b) Pasang.
(c) Vibi.
(d) Yington.

2. How does Gen Lobsang describe his own brother?
(a) As a fallen man.
(b) As a doctor.
(c) As a teacher.
(d) As a great man.

3. What do Tenkyi and Lhamo do just before Tenkyi leaves for school?
(a) Pray.
(b) Dance.
(c) Get their pictures taken.
(d) Sing.

4. How long after Tenkyi leaves the camp does her first letter arrive?
(a) One year.
(b) Two years.
(c) One month.
(d) Three years.

5. Where does Palzom eventually return to?
(a) Nepal.
(b) Mexico.
(c) America.
(d) India.

6. Who is one of the most devoted volunteers in Tenkyi's Canadian community?
(a) Migmar.
(b) Pasang.
(c) Jane.
(d) Helen.

7. What did Tashi once want to do for a living?
(a) Write.
(b) Dance.
(c) Sing.
(d) Tour guide in the Nepalese mountains.

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

9. Why does Lhamo think she and Tashi are a bad couple?
(a) He is gay.
(b) They do not belong together.
(c) They have different birthdays.
(d) She is gay.

10. What does Dolma tell Tenkyi in Part IV about Lhamo?
(a) Lhamo is dead.
(b) Lhamo is getting married.
(c) Lhamo is in the hospital.
(d) Lhamo is finally coming to live with them.

11. Who finds Tashi in the ditch?
(a) Mo Cena.
(b) Mo Yena.
(c) Mo Jena.
(d) Mo Pema.

12. What does Lhamo discover has become of Samphel in Part III?
(a) He is a chef.
(b) He is becoming a monk.
(c) He is a lawyer.
(d) He has died.

13. What advice does Lhamo give Tenkyi as she leaves?
(a) Not to take drugs.
(b) Not to sleep with men she does not know.
(c) To trust everyone.
(d) Not to trust anyone.

14. What does Tenkyi fear when she gets to the mansion to return the Nameless Saint?
(a) The trees.
(b) The dogs.
(c) The cameras there.
(d) The postmen.

15. In Part III, who is Lhamo's closest friend?
(a) Dawa.
(b) Rana.
(c) Jana.
(d) Hela.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does everyone think - wrongly - is the father of Lhamo's baby?

2. Who is one of Tenkyi's first friends back in Delhi?

3. What does Ashang Migmar ask Lhamo to do in Part IV that surprises her?

4. Which former student of Tenkyi's approaches her on the street?

5. What does Palzon work as when she first gets to Canada?

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