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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. When did the Trung sisters throw themselves into a river and drown?
(a) 43 A.D.
(b) 18 A.D.
(c) 18. B.C.
(d) 43 B.C.

2. In Chapter 9, how old was the narrator when Saigon was falling?
(a) 19.
(b) 23.
(c) 21.
(d) 18.

3. In Chapter 9 after the narrator mentioned the legend of the dragon and fairy, how many men survived an attack?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

4. In Chapter 13, how old would the narrator and Thuy have been?
(a) 50.
(b) 60.
(c) 55.
(d) 45.

5. In Chapter 11, where does Miss Giau live?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) Baton Rouge.
(c) Lake Charles.
(d) Thibodaux.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the Vietnamese genie of marriage?

2. What type of flowers has the narrator in Chapter 8 put in oak barrels?

3. In Chapter 14 for the game show, what costumes do the narrator and her sister wear?

4. In Chapter 9 when the narrator remembers stopping to rest, how old does he say his lieutenant was?

5. In Chapter 13, what was Thuy’s favorite apple?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the narrator in Chapter 13 do after her husband died?

2. How did the narrator escape Vietnam?

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

4. What is a marriage ceremony like in Vietnam according to the narrator in Chapter 8?

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

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

7. According to the narrator in Chapter 12, why are the poor spineless?

8. Where is Thuy to be buried?

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

10. What is the memory of fighting that the narrator shares in Chapter 9?

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