Catfish and Mandala: A Two-wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam Test | Final Test - Medium

Andrew X. Pham
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 136 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Catfish and Mandala: A Two-wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam Test | Final Test - Medium

Andrew X. Pham
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 136 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. How long was Andrew sent to jail for his crime aboard the boxcar?
(a) 6 hours.
(b) He was not sent to jail.
(c) 24 hours.
(d) 12 hours.

2. Why didn't Cuong/Calvin want to move to America?
(a) Because he thought it was selling out on one's heritage.
(b) Because he felt like a king in Vietnam.
(c) Because he was afraid of American racism.
(d) Because he couldn't afford it.

3. From what did the Buddhist monk predict Chi would die?
(a) A spot on the liver.
(b) Suicide.
(c) A broken heart.
(d) A terrible accident.

4. What was Andrew most looking forward to at his grandpa's memorial?
(a) Having a few days off school.
(b) Seeing his family.
(c) The food.
(d) The religious ceremonies.

5. Why was Grandmother Pham upset on the way to the memorial of her husband's death?
(a) Because she wanted to be driven to the event by her son, not her grandson.
(b) Because she thought it was disrespectful to commemorate death.
(c) Because she was unhappy about the way her daughter was being treated by the family.
(d) Because she hadn't approved the lunch menu.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Andrew's father tape the newspaper article that he saved for over a decade?

2. How did Huy's family react to the news that Huy was gay?

3. What is unique about the dish "Gaping Fish"?

4. How long was Andrew's flight back to California from Vietnam?

5. To what city did Chi run away after her father's arrest?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why wasn't Andrew allowed to board the commuter train from Muong Man?

2. What happened when the police stopped Andrew on the cargo train to Hanoi?

3. Why was Andrew's father arrested when he was a teenager?

4. What regrets did Andrew's father carry with him throughout his adult life?

5. What did Andrew and Chi talk about during their last conversation, before Chi killed herself?

6. What interaction did Andrew have with the one-legged cyclist in Ky An?

7. What moral did Andrew reach while swimming in the sea with a laughing, old woman?

8. Which of Andrew's siblings were gay, and how did his family react to this?

9. How did the Nguyen family say goodbye to Andrew when it was time for him to return to America?

10. Whose mummified remains are kept in the mausoleum in Hanoi?

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