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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 8, what happened to the narrator’s Vietnamese love?
(a) Married another.
(b) Died of pneumonia.
(c) Parents wouldn’t allow him to marry the narrator.
(d) Died in battle.

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

3. What color ao dai did the woman wear that the officer saw in the middle of the road in Chapter 10?
(a) White.
(b) Red.
(c) Green.
(d) Blue.

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

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

6. In Chapter 10 when the officer awakened after seeing a woman in the road, how long had he been unconscious?
(a) 1 hour.
(b) 45 minutes.
(c) 2 hours.
(d) 30 minutes.

7. In Chapter 10, how often does the narrator go to visit family?
(a) Once a year.
(b) Every three months.
(c) Once a month.
(d) Every other week.

8. What was the fourth largest export business in the Republic of South Vietnam?
(a) Silk.
(b) Bamboo.
(c) Duck feathers.
(d) Goose feathers.

9. In Chapter 8, how old was the narrator when she met her Vietnamese love?
(a) 18.
(b) 17.
(c) 16.
(d) 15.

10. In Chapter 13 when the narrator visits Thuy in the hospital, what color are Thuy’s nails painted?
(a) Red.
(b) White.
(c) Pink.
(d) Purple.

11. In Puerto Vallarta on what floor of the hotel do Gabrielle and her husband stay?
(a) Eighth.
(b) Tenth.
(c) Fourth.
(d) Twelfth.

12. In Chapter 11, what type of clock is in the restaurant?
(a) Grandfather.
(b) Water clock.
(c) Coockoo.
(d) Digital clock.

13. When did the Trung sisters throw themselves into a river and drown?
(a) 43 B.C.
(b) 18 A.D.
(c) 43 A.D.
(d) 18. B.C.

14. In Chapter 10 as the officer drove through the mountains, what dashed across the road?
(a) Rabbit.
(b) Fox.
(c) Cougar.
(d) Deer.

15. What is the name of the apartment complex that refugees were put into in Chapter 12?
(a) Marseilles.
(b) Maison Blanc.
(c) Maison Bleu.
(d) Versailles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sits on either side of the restaurant in Chapter 11?

2. In Chapter 9, what type of dwelling did the narrator’s son and the boy’s mother live?

3. In Vietnam, when do mothers begin counseling their children in the matters of the world?

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

5. In Chapter 9, what type of weapon does the narrator say he used in Vietnam?

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