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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. Where does Francine live now?
(a) California.
(b) Florida.
(c) Louisiana.
(d) Texas.

2. In Chapter 2, how old was the narrator when her grandfather died?
(a) 19.
(b) 24.
(c) 16.
(d) 31.

3. How old was Thieu when Saigon fell?
(a) 21.
(b) 23.
(c) 19.
(d) 18.

4. During the Vietnam War, for whom did the Chapter 1 narrator serve as an interpreter?
(a) Americans.
(b) French.
(c) Australians.
(d) British.

5. In Chapter 6, how long has Francine been in the United States?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 7 years.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 2 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Fran say that many young people died in Saigon?

2. In Chapter 6, where is Fran living when her father sends letters?

3. In Chapter 2, where did the narrator’s father grow up?

4. What time of day did Thieu and his new bride escape from Vietnam?

5. Where was the GI from in Chapter 4 that Miss Noi remembers?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why did it take so long to get Francine and her mother out of Vietnam?

5. In Vietnam, how would men react when they saw Buom on the street?

6. What was at the Ham Nghi market in Chapter 2?

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

8. What does Doctor Joseph tell the narrator to do to stop the man who is having an affair with the narrator’s wife?

9. What films are frequently shown in the officers’ club that the Chapter 1 narrator does not enjoy?

10. Why is it important to make the right sound in the Vietnamese language?

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