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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. In Chapter 3, where does Khanh go to pick up his wife’s grandfather?
(a) Birmingham.
(b) New Orleans.
(c) Houston.
(d) Shreveport.

2. When does the story that Miss Noi tells about her life take place?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1981.
(d) 1977.

3. Where did Miss Noi live when she first came to the United States?
(a) Baton Rouge.
(b) Pensacola.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Winston-Salem.

4. In Chapter 7, what was the translated name of the restaurant owned by a man who was having an affair with the narrator’s wife?
(a) Vegetables with fish.
(b) Sauteed beef with noodles.
(c) Chicken and fish sauce.
(d) Fish with noodles.

5. Where does the Chapter 1 narrator’s ex-wife live?
(a) Vietnam.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) California.
(d) Louisiana.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, what type of sale is the Texas Winners running?

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

3. Where did Khanh and his wife grow up?

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

5. What can Ho Chi Minh mean according to Francine?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Thap?

3. What does Thieu do for a living?

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

5. What was in the room behind a bead curtain in Chapter 2?

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

7. Who is the narrator of the story in Chapter 2?

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

9. What is so special about apples for Miss Noi?

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

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