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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, where does the narrator live?

2. In Chapter 10 as the officer drove through the mountains, what dashed across the road?

3. In Chapter 13, how old would the narrator and Thuy have been?

4. Who leads the ceremony on the day of marriage in Vietnam?

5. In Chapter 13, how did Thuy die?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. As Gabrielle watches a man strapped into a parachute, what does Vinh ask her to remind him?

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

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

5. In Chapter 12, how does the narrator describe the special shoe that he owns?

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

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

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

9. What does the narrator discover in Chapter 13 when she prepared Thuy’s body?

10. What did the narrator in Chapter 13 do after her husband died?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 3 as Khanh notices the memory loss of Mr. Chinh, he beings to consider memory. Why does Khanh begin to consider memory after picking up Mr. Chinh from the airport? Why does it become important to Khanh that he remember various things? Why does he think his memory is not perfect? What connection does he make between memory and distraction?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 8, the narrator extols marriage as it is in Vietnam. What was different about marriage in Vietnam than in America? How did couples usually meet and marry in Vietnam? What was different about the narrator’s betrothal? Did the narrator think there were advantages to marriage in America as compared to Vietnam?

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