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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. What type of cigarettes does Thap smoke?

2. Where does the Chapter 1 narrator live?

3. In Chapter 2, what type of door was on the room where Grandfather took the narrator?

4. In Chapter 3, how does Khanh say his wife’s father died?

5. Where does the narrator in Chapter 1 work?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why is it important to make the right sound in the Vietnamese language?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What is the Vietnamese custom about sharing bad news?

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

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

The stories in Chapters 8 and 9 are similar. To whom are the narrators speaking? What myths and stories do the narrators share? How do these myths and stories shape the way that the narrators view life? What have the narrators lost? Do both narrators find something to replace what they lost?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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