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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Dolma go in Part II to try to get her career on track?

2. Who is Lhamo's oldest friend in Part I?

3. What animal do the refugees often see near the camp?

4. What do Lhamo and the others sleep on in the camp?

5. What is the name of Lhamo's camp?

Short Essay Questions

1. What plan of Shumo's does Lhamo overhear concerning Tenkyi?

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

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

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

5. What is the legend around the Ku, or the Nameless Saint?

6. Why does Dolma hope Gyalsten might be able to help with the problem of the ku?

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

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

9. How does Lhamo's culture generally view teachers?

10. What does Tenkyi end up doing and behaving like in Toronto?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are Lhamo's first recollections of the treatment of the invading forces on her family and neighbors early in the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

What role does education play in upward mobility for the characters in this novel, and what happens to Tenkyi's promise as a star students? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

Why do you think Lama chose to write this novel from the perspectives of four different narrators from the first-person perspective? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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