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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 10, what city is the setting?

2. In Chapter 13, on what beaches does the narrator remember playing on with Thuy?

3. What was the fourth largest export business in the Republic of South Vietnam?

4. How old is Miss Giau in Chapter 11?

5. In Chapter 10, how often does the narrator go to visit family?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a marriage ceremony like in Vietnam according to the narrator in Chapter 8?

2. What is the memory of fighting that the narrator shares in Chapter 9?

3. Why are iguanas popular in Puerto Vallarta?

4. In Chapter 10, what did Miss Linh save the narrator from?

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

6. According to the narrator in Chapter 12, why are the poor spineless?

7. How did the narrator escape Vietnam?

8. In Chapter 12, why didn’t the narrator’s family come with him to America?

9. Where did Mr. Cohen live before he lived in the United States?

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 15, scents are very important to Dao. How do scents bring back memory? What do scents have to do with his religion? Why are scents used to describe his family? Do the types of scents mentioned depict the characters of family members? What is the last scent that Dao remembers?

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 4, Miss Noi shares her love for fairy tales. Why does Miss Noi like fairy tales? Why does she especially like the word “upon” that begins most fairy tales? Is her story told like a fairy tale? Does she believe that her life has been a fairy tale?

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