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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 9 after the narrator mentioned the legend of the dragon and fairy, how many men survived an attack?

2. In Chapter 8, how old was the narrator when she met her Vietnamese love?

3. In Chapter 12, what type of grass grows in the narrator’s yard?

4. In Chapter 12, what type of music does the narrator say he likes now he is in America?

5. In Puerto Vallarta where do Gabrielle and her husband stay?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 11, what frightened Miss Giau during her first Christmas in America?

2. In Chapter 10, what did the woman in the road tell the officer after he crashed and found himself lying on the ground?

3. In Chapter 11, why does Mr. Cohen say that Christmas is not his holiday?

4. Why does the narrator in Chapter 9 find it strange that he escaped Vietnam and so many others didn’t?

5. How did Gabrielle guess wrongly about which women were on which types of game shows?

6. Why does Gabrielle believe a woman at the pool wearing a black two-piece suit won a puzzle-solving show?

7. In Chapter 10, what did the major discover when he awoke for a second time?

8. To whom is the narrator speaking in Chapter 8 and why?

9. In Chapter 11, what happened to Miss Giau’s fiancé?

10. When and where did Thuy and the narrator meet Ly?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 13, the narrator loved her friend’s husband. When did the narrator and Thuy meet Ly? Did Ly begin to favor one girl over the other? Did the narrator see these clues? When did the narrator realize that Ly had made a choice? Did Ly or Thuy ever realize that the narrator was in love with Ly? How is the narrator finally able to marry Ly?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

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