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

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

3. What is a form of protest that a nun takes in Part III?
(a) Chaining one's body to a fence.
(b) Hunger striking.
(c) Immolation.
(d) Holding a sign and marching.

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

5. What do Tenkyi and Lhamo do just before Tenkyi leaves for school?
(a) Dance.
(b) Get their pictures taken.
(c) Pray.
(d) Sing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tenkyi reveal she never did with Tashi?

2. Who asks Lhamo to marry him?

3. What does Lhamo gather has happened to many of her parents' things?

4. How does Gen Lobsang describe his own brother?

5. What is tucked into Lhamo's wedding dress?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part IV, what happens to Lhamo?

2. What happens to Palzom eventually?

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

4. How does Tenkyi's first letter describe Delhi?

5. What does Tenkyi end up doing when she gets to the Cabrini mansion with the ku?

6. What has become of Samphel in Part III?

7. What does Mo Sakya tell Lhamo about Samphel and her feelings for him?

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

9. How does Lhamo finally leave the Jawalakhel camp for the first time for a decent length of time?

10. In Part IV, why is Lhamo embarrassed about her hands?

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