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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 Thuy and her family live when they first came to the United States?
(a) Texas.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Minnesota.
(d) California.

2. In Chapter 12, how large is the lot on which the narrator’s house is built?
(a) ¾ acre.
(b) 1 1/2 acres.
(c) 1/2 acre.
(d) 1 acre.

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

4. How long are Gabrielle and Vinh scheduled to stay in Puerto Vallarta?
(a) 3 nights, 2 days.
(b) 6 nights, 5 days.
(c) 5 nights, 4 days.
(d) 4 days, 3 nights.

5. In Chapter 10, what city is the setting?
(a) Baton Rouge.
(b) Lake Charles.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) Biloxi.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where do Gabrielle and Vinh live in America?

3. In Chapter 9 when Saigon fell, where did some hide in an attempt to leave Vietnam?

4. In Chapter 8, when did the narrator meet her Vietnamese love?

5. Who is the narrator going to see in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Where is Thuy to be buried?

4. In Chapter 11, why does Mr. Cohen say that Christmas is not his holiday?

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

6. In Chapter 11, what happened to Miss Giau’s fiancé?

7. In Chapter 10, what did Miss Linh save the narrator from?

8. To whom is the narrator speaking in Chapter 8 and why?

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

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

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