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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 7, what does the foyer of the voodoo man’s house smell like?

2. What type of sneakers does Thieu’s son wear?

3. Where does Thieu work?

4. According to her mother, what nationality is Francine’s name?

5. In Chapter 3, where does Khanh go to pick up his wife’s grandfather?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mr. Green die in Chapter 2?

2. Why did it take so long to get Francine and her mother out of Vietnam?

3. What was at the Ham Nghi market in Chapter 2?

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

5. How did the Chapter 1 narrator lose his wife?

6. What was in the room behind a bead curtain in Chapter 2?

7. How does Francine describe the French cemetery in Saigon?

8. What did Fran do to try to figure out what cold weather felt like?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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