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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. Where does Francine live now?

2. In Chapter 2, where was the narrator’s childhood home located?

3. In Chapter 2, where were the narrator’s parrots and grandmother, when her grandfather asked her to go talk to Mr. Green?

4. In Chapter 3, where does Khanh live?

5. In Chapter 7, at what base in Vietnam did the narrator say that he worked with many Americans?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the narrator in Chapter 7 when he tries to throw a hog’s bladder over his rival’s house?

2. What does Thieu remember about the time when Saigon fell?

3. What is so special about apples for Miss Noi?

4. Who is Thap?

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

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

7. What does Thieu do for a living?

8. What does Mr. Chinh say about cars he has driven in his lifetime?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 10, the narrator makes the comment that Miss Linh has eaten him up. What does the narrator mean by that statement? How many times did Miss Linh help him escape trouble? Was he escaping trouble the last time that he saw her? Why is he still haunted by her?

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 14, the parasail is a symbol of returning to earth, to reality. In what way have Gabrielle and Vinh lost touch with reality? How has it affected their relationship? How has their vacation opened their eyes to the knowledge that they need to return to earth? How does the parasail symbolize that return.

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 11, snow frightens both Miss Giau and Mr. Cohen. Were both of them used to snow? What traumatic experience made Mr. Cohen afraid of snow? Ever after, what did he think of when he saw snow? When did Miss Giau first see snow? How did it affect her emotionally? How did she compare what she saw to how she felt?

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