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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 Tevy's summer class called?

2. What does Tevy ask the man who comes in late to Chuck's Donuts every night the night they let him in and their mother is not there?

3. Where does Maly often get her marijuana?

4. Where had Toby gone to college?

5. What poster do Ves and Maly often stare at, stoned, at the video store?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the apple fritter man so unsettling to Sothy?

2. Why does Dr. Heng's wife hang around the shop all the time?

3. How does Tevy feel about her father after he leaves her family?

4. What are Ves's plans for the end of summer and how does he feel about them?

5. What did Tevy's and Kayley's father once tell them about how Khmer people figure out who to marry?

6. What does Maly think of the baby who is supposed to be reincarnated with her mother's spirit?

7. What does Toby's father do in an effort to get the shop back on its feet?

8. How does Ves feel in the end of the story titled "Maly, Maly, Maly," and why?

9. What is Toby's relationship with Paul like?

10. What does badminton mean to Superking Son?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay describing the relationship between Ves and Maly in the story titled "Maly, Maly, Maly," citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

Why are Tevy and Kayley so interested in the mysterious man who comes into Chuck's Donuts? How do they react when they find out what his story really is? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

How does So portray Cambodian men living in American throughout many of these stories? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

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