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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. In Chapter 9 when the narrator remembers stopping to rest, how old does he say his lieutenant was?
(a) 21.
(b) 25.
(c) 20.
(d) 27.

2. In Chapter 14 for the game show, what costumes do the narrator and her sister wear?
(a) Ducks.
(b) Butterflies.
(c) Pigs.
(d) Killer bees.

3. 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) 7.
(c) 8.
(d) 6.

4. In Chapter 11, what is Miss Giau’s religion?
(a) Confucian.
(b) Catholic.
(c) Christian.
(d) Buddhist.

5. In Chapter 9 in the story of the dragon and the fairy princess, how many eggs did the princess lay?
(a) 25.
(b) 75.
(c) 100.
(d) 50.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 10 when the officer awakened after seeing a woman in the road, how long had he been unconscious?

2. Who leads the ceremony on the day of marriage in Vietnam?

3. In Chapter 13, on what beaches does the narrator remember playing on with Thuy?

4. Where did Thuy announce that she loved Ly and he loved her?

5. In Chapter 8, why can’t the narrator’s mother tell her more about the conversation she should have with her child?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the major decide had happened to him when he got back into his car in Chapter 10?

2. Why does Gabrielle believe a woman at the pool wearing a black two-piece suit won a puzzle-solving show?

3. In Chapter 11, why does Mr. Cohen say that Christmas is not his holiday?

4. In Chapter 10, what did Miss Linh save the narrator from?

5. What is a marriage ceremony like in Vietnam according to the narrator in Chapter 8?

6. How did the narrator escape Vietnam?

7. What does the narrator discover in Chapter 13 when she prepared Thuy’s body?

8. In Chapter 10, what did the major discover when he awoke for a second time?

9. In Chapter 11, what happened to Miss Giau’s fiancé?

10. In Chapter 12, how did the narrator have the courage to leave Vietnam?

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