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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 10, what city is the setting?
(a) Baton Rouge.
(b) New Orleans.
(c) Biloxi.
(d) Lake Charles.
2. In Chapter 12, what color is the leather of the shoe that used to belong to a famous person?
(a) Mahogany.
(b) Brown.
(c) Black.
(d) Teakwood.
3. In Chapter 12, what type of grass grows in the narrator’s yard?
(a) Zoysiz.
(b) Carpetgrass.
(c) St. Augustine.
(d) Bermuda.
4. In Chapter 10, how often does the narrator go to visit family?
(a) Once a year.
(b) Every other week.
(c) Every three months.
(d) Once a month.
5. How old is Miss Giau in Chapter 11?
(a) 31.
(b) 27.
(c) 34.
(d) 23.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Chapter 12, when does the narrator say that the Trung sisters threw the Chinese out of Vietnam?
2. In Chapter 12, how long does the narrator believe it will be before the Vietnamese are the only shrimp fisherman in the Gulf of Mexico?
3. What type of trees surround the restaurant in Chapter 11?
4. In Chapter 9 when the narrator remembers stopping to rest, how old does he say his lieutenant was?
5. What is the name of the apartment complex that refugees were put into in Chapter 12?
Short Essay Questions
1. As Gabrielle watches a man strapped into a parachute, what does Vinh ask her to remind him?
2. Where did Mr. Cohen live before he lived in the United States?
3. Why are iguanas popular in Puerto Vallarta?
4. Why does the narrator in Chapter 9 find it strange that he escaped Vietnam and so many others didn’t?
5. When and where did Thuy and the narrator meet Ly?
6. How did the narrator escape Vietnam?
7. To whom is the narrator speaking in Chapter 8 and why?
8. In Chapter 10, what did the woman in the road tell the officer after he crashed and found himself lying on the ground?
9. In Chapter 9, why does the narrator write to his son?
10. How does the narrator in Chapter 8 feel about her baby being a girl and why?
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