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

2. In Chapter 7, what did the voodoo man give the narrator to put at the man’s house who was having an affair with the narrator’s wife?
(a) Dog skin.
(b) Hog bladder.
(c) Calf stomach.
(d) Cat skin.

3. What is the name of the government program that allows a longtime, hard-core Viet Cong to switch sides?
(a) Open Arms.
(b) In and Out.
(c) Brothers in Arms.
(d) Comrade Brother.

4. In Chapter 6, for how long did a little girl think her father was a shadow on the wall?
(a) A few weeks.
(b) 6 months.
(c) More than a year.
(d) 2 years.

5. How old was Francine when she finally got out of Vietnam?
(a) 11.
(b) 16.
(c) 4.
(d) 7.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of sneakers does Thieu’s son wear?

2. The first time that Fontenot talks with Miss Noi, what does he buy to drink?

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

4. What type of fruit did Miss Noi like for the GIs to give her?

5. When the narrator speaks with the voodoo man in Chapter 7, what type of chair does the man sit in?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What happens to the narrator in Chapter 7 when he tries to throw a hog’s bladder over his rival’s house?

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

8. How did Miss Noi get to America?

9. What does Thieu remember about the time when Saigon fell?

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

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