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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. What type of fruit did Miss Noi like for the GIs to give her?
(a) Pineapples.
(b) Papayas.
(c) Apples.
(d) Mangoes.

2. What is Mr. Chinh wearing when he gets off the plane in Chapter 3?
(a) Black dress shirt.
(b) Red-and-black-plaid sport shirt.
(c) Green t-shirt.
(d) Blue chambray shirt.

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

4. In Chapter 7, how old was the narrator when he married?
(a) 32.
(b) 25.
(c) 19.
(d) 17.

5. What time of day did Thieu and his new bride escape from Vietnam?
(a) Dawn.
(b) Midnight.
(c) 3 a.m.
(d) 10 p.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to her mother, what nationality is Francine’s name?

2. In Chapter 4, what does a GI buy Miss Noi?

3. In Chapter 2, when did the narrator’s grandfather die?

4. How old was one of Francine’s Vietnamese friends when she got a Russian pen pal?

5. In Chapter 7, how long have the narrator and his wife lived where they do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Vietnamese custom about sharing bad news?

2. How does Mr. Green die in Chapter 2?

3. How does Francine describe the French cemetery in Saigon?

4. When and how did Khanh’s wife’s father die?

5. What do Thieu and the former President of the former Republic of Vietnam have in common?

6. Who is Thap?

7. What does the narrator in Chapter 1 do during the war?

8. What does Thieu try to interest in son in doing when Bill is bored?

9. What did Fran do to try to figure out what cold weather felt like?

10. How did Miss Noi get to America?

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