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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. What do Lhamo's people call the Dalai Lama?

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

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

4. What does Dolma remember as an embarrassing incident from her childhood?

5. What is Henri's last name?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why does Mo Yutok tell Lhamo not to reply to the spirits if they call her in Part II?

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

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

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

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

10. What does Dolma end up thinking of Gyalsten?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Lama describe Lhamo's actual feelings when Tashi leaves her for good, as opposed to how Lhamo thinks she is expected to feel about this abandonment? 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

What is Dolma's and Samphel's experience at the border at the end of the novel, and how does Samphel in particular frame the sorrow and angst they both feel for Dolma? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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