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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Monica counting when Bond interrupts her, knocking them from her grasp?
(a) Candles.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Chocolates.
(d) Dollar bills.

2. Why is Rithy at the wat?
(a) He is there to support his best friend who is taking vows soon.
(b) His father has died recently and his presence there is meant to honor his father's memory.
(c) He is praying to get a good job.
(d) He is there because his mother made him go.

3. What term of endearment does Bond's family use to mean grandfather?
(a) Pou.
(b) Fa.
(c) Ma.
(d) Gong.

4. What did Bond used to do to try to keep his family together during his mother's depressive episodes?
(a) Clean and cook.
(b) Drive Marlon to football practice.
(c) Sing to his mother.
(d) Work for money.

5. What singer do many of the Cambodians at the wedding love to listen to?
(a) Mariah Carey.
(b) Sting.
(c) Jennifer Hudson.
(d) Bette Middler.

6. What does Monica do for much of the family in a professional capacity?
(a) Nail art.
(b) Prepares their taxes.
(c) Hairdressing.
(d) Landscaping.

7. What is Rithy planning on doing after he leaves the wat?
(a) Going to the seminary.
(b) Going to college.
(c) Going to get his first job as a teacher.
(d) Joining the military.

8. How does Pou feel about Rithy's plans for after he leaves the wat?
(a) He is suspicious of Rithy's plans.
(b) He thinks Rithy's plans are terrible.
(c) He is supportive of them.
(d) He is indifferent to Rithy's plans.

9. Where did Anthony go to college?
(a) Stanford.
(b) Yale.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Princeton.

10. What does Visith do to the Famous Singer?
(a) Slaps her.
(b) Slams a pie in her face.
(c) Trips her.
(d) Forces a kiss on her.

11. Why is Bond's and Marlon's mother so upset?
(a) The bride snubbed their family.
(b) Marlon is drinking heavily and she is nervous about him relapsing.
(c) Bond has been ill.
(d) She has been feeling depressed lately.

12. What color of robes do the monks wear?
(a) Black.
(b) Green.
(c) Orange.
(d) Gray.

13. What does the famous singer say she is writing a song about?
(a) Love.
(b) Pasta.
(c) Breakups.
(d) Marijuana on pizza.

14. What does Dr. Heng's wife tell Toby's father to do with the monks?
(a) Find them a ride home.
(b) Feed them.
(c) Write them a check.
(d) Kick them out.

15. What does Ben take on his hike with Anthony?
(a) A small television.
(b) A DSLR camera.
(c) A full picnic of meat and heavy food.
(d) A box of hard candy.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the story titled "The Shop," how does Toby's father react to seeing only other Cambodians coming to his business?

2. What is the name of the ceremony or rite that Rithy is trying to complete for his father?

3. When was the first time Toby's dad spoke seriously to him about the genocide?

4. Who does Monk D ask Rithy if he has a picture of?

5. Where does Ben live?

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