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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 12, what color is the leather of the shoe that used to belong to a famous person?
(a) Brown.
(b) Mahogany.
(c) Black.
(d) Teakwood.

2. In Chapter 8, why can’t the narrator’s mother tell her more about the conversation she should have with her child?
(a) She lives in Vietnam.
(b) She had a stroke and cannot speak.
(c) She is dead.
(d) She lives in California.

3. Where does Miss Noi go to live with Fontenot?
(a) Picayune.
(b) Thibodaux.
(c) Houma.
(d) Abbeville.

4. In Chapter 8, when did the narrator meet her Vietnamese love?
(a) Mountain Festival.
(b) Mid-Autumn Festival.
(c) Mid-winter Festival.
(d) Temple Festival.

5. What type of fence does the narrator have around her house in Chapter 8?
(a) White picket.
(b) Cedar.
(c) Wrought iron.
(d) Chainlink.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 12, what type of music does the narrator say he likes now he is in America?

2. In Chapter 8, what happened to the narrator’s Vietnamese love?

3. 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?

4. In Chapter 8, how old was the narrator’s Vietnamese love when they met?

5. In Chapter 8, who is allowed to hear the conversation between mother and child about the world?

(see the answer key)

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