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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 14, what types of flowers grow around the pool at the hotel?
(a) Dahlias.
(b) Sunflowers.
(c) Hibiscus.
(d) Orchids.

2. In Chapter 9, where does the narrator live?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) Pensacola.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Biloxi.

3. In Chapter 13, what is the name of the mortician?
(a) Mr. Hoa.
(b) Mr. Bahn.
(c) Mr. Chan.
(d) Mr. Tran.

4. In Chapter 10, what was the rank of the officer who visited his mistress?
(a) Captain.
(b) General.
(c) Lieutenant.
(d) Major.

5. How old is Miss Giau in Chapter 11?
(a) 23.
(b) 27.
(c) 31.
(d) 34.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the apartment complex that refugees were put into in Chapter 12?

2. What would the sisters have won if they had been able to make the deal before theirs?

3. At the beginning of Chapter 11, what time is it?

4. In Chapter 11, what is Miss Giau’s religion?

5. What nationality is the family that owns the restaurant in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. When and where did Thuy and the narrator meet Ly?

2. In Chapter 12, why didn’t the narrator’s family come with him to America?

3. Where did Mr. Cohen live before he lived in the United States?

4. Why are iguanas popular in Puerto Vallarta?

5. Where is Thuy to be buried?

6. What did the major decide had happened to him when he got back into his car in Chapter 10?

7. How did Gabrielle guess wrongly about which women were on which types of game shows?

8. In Chapter 11, what frightened Miss Giau during her first Christmas in America?

9. As Gabrielle watches a man strapped into a parachute, what does Vinh ask her to remind him?

10. In Chapter 12, how did the narrator have the courage to leave Vietnam?

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