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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lhamo tie around Samphel's wrist?
(a) A prayer flag.
(b) A handcuff.
(c) A bracelet she made.
(d) A string to remember.

2. What term of affection does Lhamo use for Gen Lobsang?
(a) Henla.
(b) Tenla.
(c) Genla.
(d) Renla.

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

4. Whose house does Lhamo visit when she goes to Gen Lobsang's relative's house?
(a) Shumo Yangsel's.
(b) Shumo Wringel's.
(c) Shumo Illis's.
(d) Shumo Helios's.

5. What does Tenkyi sometimes wonder about herself?
(a) If she will ever see Tashi again.
(b) If she will ever have a child.
(c) How pretty she is.
(d) How solid her grip on reality is.

6. What does Tenkyi often make for Dolma?
(a) Fires.
(b) Cocktails.
(c) Clothes.
(d) Omelettes.

7. Who does Samphel pay to try to find his family's buried possessions?
(a) Jampa.
(b) Helena.
(c) Lampa.
(d) Rampa.

8. Who does Lhamo think the saint should belong to?
(a) Tenkyi.
(b) Her.
(c) Ashang.
(d) Samphel.

9. What does Samphel remember Lhamo saying to him after they had sex?
(a) Now you've seen my body.
(b) We're a couple now.
(c) That's that.
(d) Well?

10. What does Tenkyi reveal she never did with Tashi?
(a) Dance.
(b) Swim.
(c) Kiss.
(d) Argue.

11. What is Lhamo embarrassed about of herself when she sees Samphel again in Part IV after many years?
(a) That she has gained weight.
(b) Her rough hands.
(c) Her rickety bike.
(d) Her thinning hair.

12. What does Gen Lobsang's mother tell Lhamo about him?
(a) He was once a monk.
(b) He was once a lawyer.
(c) He was once an accountant.
(d) He was once a farmer.

13. What prize did His Holiness once win?
(a) Nobel Peace Prize.
(b) National Book Award.
(c) Pulitzer Prize.
(d) Dalinger Prize.

14. Who calls Samphel to tell him about Lhamo's illness?
(a) Tenkyi.
(b) Ashang.
(c) Dawa.
(d) Dolma.

15. Where is Gen Lobsang's relative's house, which he sends Lhamo to, near?
(a) Samphel's camp.
(b) The border.
(c) Myanmar.
(d) America.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part III, what does Tenkyi do in order to not defile the holy ku?

2. When did Samphel learn he had a daughter?

3. Who asks Lhamo to marry him?

4. What does Lhamo always put in the tea of her homeland?

5. How long after Tenkyi leaves the camp does her first letter arrive?

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