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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 is Ama known for?
(a) Being a friend.
(b) Being a priest.
(c) Being a painter.
(d) Being an oracle.

2. What does Elise invite Dolma to do with her in Part II?
(a) Have sex.
(b) Swim.
(c) Take cocaine.
(d) Move in with her.

3. Who is Lhamo's oldest friend in Part I?
(a) Riki.
(b) Helen.
(c) Dolma.
(d) Lhaksam.

4. What does Pala's friend present to the family as a precious relic?
(a) The Frigeon.
(b) The Helios.
(c) The Farce.
(d) The ku, or Nameless Saint.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of Lhamo's skills in the camp?

2. What happens to Pala's feet on the journey?

3. What does Tenkyi do for a living in Toronto?

4. What kind of flags do Lhamo's people routinely hang?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who takes care of Lhamo and Tenkyi after their parents' death?

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

4. Why does Dolma get upset with the white, Western Tibetan scholars?

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

6. What prediction does Ama once make about Tenkyi and her role in the family?

7. What does Dolma end up thinking of Gyalsten?

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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