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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 is the name of the government program that allows a longtime, hard-core Viet Cong to switch sides?

2. In Chapter 2, what does Grandfather buy by the dozen at Ham Nghi?

3. Where did Miss Noi live when she first came to the United States?

4. When the narrator speaks with the voodoo man in Chapter 7, what type of chair does the man sit in?

5. What time of day did Thieu and his new bride escape from Vietnam?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Who is Thap?

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 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

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?

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