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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Tenkyi first see the Nameless Saint as a child?
(a) While Pala was holding it.
(b) While Lhamo was holding it.
(c) In a ditch somewhere.
(d) Floating high above her in Ama's fingers.

2. What does Samphel say he does for a living in Part IV?
(a) Books for a taxi company.
(b) Cleaning.
(c) Cooking.
(d) Hairstyling.

3. Why does Samphel's feeling about the saint surprise Lhamo in Part IV?
(a) He is angry about it.
(b) He is glib about it.
(c) He does not know what the saint is.
(d) Samphel is not impressed with it, but Lhamo has always been around people who worshipped it.

4. What happens after Lhamo has her baby?
(a) She needs to go back to the hospital because she bleeds.
(b) She gets very depressed.
(c) She leaves the camp for good.
(d) She gives the baby up for adoption.

5. What does Lhamo do for the first time in Part III?
(a) Has a vision.
(b) Sews.
(c) Drinks alcohol.
(d) Rides in an airplane.

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

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

8. In Part III, what does Tenkyi do in order to not defile the holy ku?
(a) Dances.
(b) Eats.
(c) Sings.
(d) Covers her face with her dress.

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

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

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

12. What drops through Lhamo's roof in Part IV?
(a) Ferrets.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Birds.
(d) Leopards.

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

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

15. Who is Samphel's Tibetan guard?
(a) Heri.
(b) Hungar.
(c) Richal.
(d) Kunga.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Lhamo embarrassed about of herself when she sees Samphel again in Part IV after many years?

2. Who drives the jeep that takes Tenkyi away in Part III?

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

4. What does Ashang tell the stranger in Part III he used to do for a living?

5. What is a general term of affection in Tenkyi's culture?

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