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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, what type of contest is The Paradise Club running?

2. In Chapter 2, how old was the narrator when her grandfather died?

3. What was Mr. Chinh’s favorite car?

4. In Chapter 6, for how long did a little girl think her father was a shadow on the wall?

5. In Chapter 7, what did the voodoo man give the narrator to put at the man’s house who was having an affair with the narrator’s wife?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator in Chapter 1 do during the war?

2. What was Miss Noi’s apartment like in Saigon?

3. Who is Thap?

4. What films are frequently shown in the officers’ club that the Chapter 1 narrator does not enjoy?

5. When and how did Khanh’s wife’s father die?

6. What does Thieu try to interest in son in doing when Bill is bored?

7. What does Doctor Joseph tell the narrator to do to stop the man who is having an affair with the narrator’s wife?

8. What are two things in Chapter 7 that are exceptional about the narrator?

9. Who accompanies Mr. Chinh on the airplane?

10. In Vietnam, how would men react when they saw Buom on the street?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 13, the narrator is preparing her friend’s body for burial, but also preparing for something else. Why is the narrator preparing his friend’s body for burial? Why does this act remind the narrator of her love for Ly? Why, now, can the narrator finally have her love returned?

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 2, despite her grandfather’s disparaging remarks about women and their roles, the narrator learns to embrace her femininity. How does Grandfather make the narrator feel like a second-class citizen because of her gender? How does the narrator’s last act in Chapter 2 show that she has embraced being a woman?

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 1, Thap reminds the narrator of a ghost. What do the Vietnamese believe about ghosts? What is there about Thap that reminds the narrator of a ghost? Why does the narrator decide that Thap is not a ghost?

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