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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 2, where were the narrator’s parrots and grandmother, when her grandfather asked her to go talk to Mr. Green?
(a) Living room.
(b) Front porch.
(c) Under a banana tree.
(d) Kitchen.

2. What color ao dais did Miss Noi have in Saigon?
(a) Red, blue, and black.
(b) Green, white, yellow.
(c) Purple and green.
(d) White and pink.

3. In Chapter 7, where do the narrator and his wife live?
(a) California.
(b) Florida.
(c) Louisiana.
(d) Mississippi.

4. When the narrator speaks with the voodoo man in Chapter 7, what type of chair does the man sit in?
(a) Upholstered.
(b) Wooden.
(c) Cane.
(d) Folding.

5. What nationality were the pirates that hassled Thieu when he and his bride escaped Vietnam?
(a) Laotian.
(b) Thai.
(c) Vietnamese.
(d) Chinese.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old was Miss Noi when she moved to New Orleans?

3. What is Thieu’s occupation?

4. What was the religion of the Chapter 2 narrator’s paternal grandfather?

5. Where did Miss Noi live when she first came to the United States?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mr. Chinh say about cars he has driven in his lifetime?

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

3. How did Miss Noi get to America?

4. What does Francine say about her name?

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

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

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

8. What does Thieu do for a living?

9. Who is Thap?

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

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