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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 12, when does the narrator say that the Trung sisters threw the Chinese out of Vietnam?
(a) 40 B.C.
(b) 15 A.D.
(c) 40 A.D.
(d) 15 B.C.

2. In Chapter 9, what type of dwelling did the narrator’s son and the boy’s mother live?
(a) High-rise apartment.
(b) Barracks.
(c) Small house.
(d) Thatched house.

3. In Chapter 8, how old was the narrator when she met her Vietnamese love?
(a) 15.
(b) 16.
(c) 18.
(d) 17.

4. In Chapter 10, how often does the narrator go to visit family?
(a) Every three months.
(b) Every other week.
(c) Once a year.
(d) Once a month.

5. In Chapter 12, what type of grass grows in the narrator’s yard?
(a) St. Augustine.
(b) Bermuda.
(c) Carpetgrass.
(d) Zoysiz.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Thuy announce that she loved Ly and he loved her?

3. In Chapter 12, what does the narrator remember his wife having that he would like to touch again?

4. In Chapter 8, who is allowed to hear the conversation between mother and child about the world?

5. In Chapter 12, what color is the leather of the shoe that used to belong to a famous person?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 10, what did the major discover when he awoke for a second time?

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

3. How did the narrator escape Vietnam?

4. In Chapter 9, why does the narrator write to his son?

5. Why are iguanas popular in Puerto Vallarta?

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

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

8. Where is Thuy to be buried?

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

10. In Chapter 8, why didn’t the narrator marry Bao?

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