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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 9, what type of dwelling did the narrator’s son and the boy’s mother live?
(a) High-rise apartment.
(b) Small house.
(c) Barracks.
(d) Thatched house.

2. In Chapter 12, what type of grass grows in the narrator’s yard?
(a) St. Augustine.
(b) Carpetgrass.
(c) Zoysiz.
(d) Bermuda.

3. Who is the Vietnamese genie of marriage?
(a) Rose Silk Thread God.
(b) Lady of the Storehouse.
(c) Golden Turtle God.
(d) Lady of the Realm.

4. By the time the narrator relates the time when he and the other men rested, how many men had he seen killed?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

5. In Chapter 11, what color is Mr. Cohen’s beard?
(a) Salt and pepper.
(b) Brown.
(c) Black.
(d) Dark Gray.

6. In Chapter 12, when does the narrator say that the Trung sisters threw the Chinese out of Vietnam?
(a) 40 B.C.
(b) 15 A.D.
(c) 15 B.C.
(d) 40 A.D.

7. In Chapter 12, whose shoe does the narrator own?
(a) George Washington's.
(b) John Lennon's.
(c) Martin Luther King Jr.’s
(d) Abraham Lincoln's.

8. In Puerto Vallarta where do Gabrielle and her husband stay?
(a) Fiesta Vallarta.
(b) Garza blanca.
(c) Marival.
(d) Sunset Plaza.

9. In Chapter 9 after the narrator mentioned the legend of the dragon and fairy, how many men survived an attack?
(a) 5.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

10. In Chapter 13, how old were the narrator and Thuy when they last ran in the white foam of the breakers on the beach?
(a) 5.
(b) 8.
(c) 6.
(d) 7.

11. In Chapter 13, how old does the narrator say that she and Thuy were when they met Ly for the first time?
(a) 18.
(b) 16.
(c) 19.
(d) 17.

12. In Chapter 8, who is allowed to hear the conversation between mother and child about the world?
(a) Grandfather.
(b) Only the child.
(c) Grandmother.
(d) Father.

13. In Chapter 10, near where did the story that the narrator tells take place?
(a) Da Nang.
(b) Hoa Minh.
(c) Cam Le.
(d) An Khe.

14. How old is the narrator in Chapter 10?
(a) 20s.
(b) 40s.
(c) Late middle-aged.
(d) Elderly.

15. What did the couple that made the deal before the sisters win?
(a) Boat.
(b) Bookcase.
(c) Cow.
(d) Goat.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 12, how long does the narrator believe it will be before the Vietnamese are the only shrimp fisherman in the Gulf of Mexico?

2. In Puerto Vallarta, what colors are painted on the airport building?

3. In Chapter 11, what is Miss Giau’s religion?

4. What is Miss Giau’s job at the restaurant in Chapter 11?

5. In Chapter 14 for the game show, what costumes do the narrator and her sister wear?

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