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

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

3. What does Lhamo find in Ama's things that surprises her?
(a) Ama's diary.
(b) Ama's leopard skin.
(c) Ama's prayer book.
(d) Ama's lipstick.

4. Who asks Lhamo to marry him?
(a) Gen Lobsang.
(b) Jimar.
(c) Samphel.
(d) Tashi.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Samphel's feeling about the saint surprise Lhamo in Part IV?

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

3. What does Tenkyi make a makeshift version of to try to connect with Ama's spirit?

4. Who is Gen Lobsang's mother?

5. Who does Tenkyi like romantically in Part III?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who sponsors Tenkyi's schooling?

2. What is one way some Tibetan exiles make money in Part III?

3. In Part IV, what happens to Lhamo?

4. What does Tenkyi still believe the ku can do in Part IV?

5. What is the traditional drink Tibetans have and what is it made with?

6. What do Lhamo and Tenkyi do just before Tenkyi leaves?

7. Who in the camp helps set up Tenkyi's schooling?

8. What does Lhamo realize has happened to her parents' possessions?

9. Why do people need to keep lamps burning around a recently deceased body in Tibetan tradition?

10. In Part IV, what is the relationship between Tashi and Tenkyi?

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