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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Lhamo's daughter live with in Part II?
(a) Ashang Migmar.
(b) Tenkyi.
(c) Ama.
(d) Samphel.

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

4. What happens to Pala's feet on the journey?
(a) He gets a nail through one foot.
(b) He loses one toe on each foot.
(c) They get stronger.
(d) They turn black with infection or frostbite.

5. Who does Lhamo tell a young Dolma never to speak to again?
(a) Aishar.
(b) Samphel.
(c) Mingmar.
(d) Holla.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were part of Lhamo's daily rituals in Nepal?

2. In Part II, who does Shumo want to stay in the city with her at first?

3. What is Ama known for?

4. Where does Ama think she may have gotten a job in Part I?

5. Who seems very ill in Lhamo's family at first when they start their travels into exile?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Dolma's reaction to seeing the ku in Part II?

2. Why does Ama have to stop practicing what makes her special?

3. What is the power of Lhamo's mother's mirror?

4. How does Lhamo foil Shumo's plan for Tenkyi?

5. What does Ama do when Pala is obviously so ill?

6. What does Ashang Migmar do with Po Dhondup's body?

7. Who do some of the displaced people in the camp suggest, improbably, the refugees should ask for help?

8. How does Dolma try to achieve her dream of becoming a Tibetan scholar?

9. Why does Lhamo also not end up staying with Shumo?

10. Why does Ama decide that her family should leave their home?

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