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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of flowers has the narrator in Chapter 8 put in oak barrels?
(a) Passionflower.
(b) Hibiscus.
(c) Phlox.
(d) Iris.

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

3. Who leads the ceremony on the day of marriage in Vietnam?
(a) Groom's grandfather.
(b) Male head of the groom’s family.
(c) Bride’s grandfather.
(d) Male head of the bride's family.

4. How old was Miss Noi when she moved to New Orleans?
(a) 27.
(b) 25.
(c) 21.
(d) 24.

5. 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?
(a) 8 years.
(b) 12 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 10 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, where does Miss Noi live?

2. In Chapter 12, how large is the lot on which the narrator’s house is built?

3. In Chapter 12, whose shoe does the narrator own?

4. What type of fruit did Miss Noi like for the GIs to give her?

5. The first time that Fontenot talks with Miss Noi, what does he buy to drink?

(see the answer key)

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