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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. Who is Maly's mother?

2. What does Justin's father do for a living?

3. Who is Maly worried that her own hypothetical baby might be reincarnated as?

4. What does the man who comes into Chuck's Donuts in the wee hours of the morning always wear?

5. Who is Toby's brother?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do Maly and Ves think their extended family feel about them in the story titled "Maly, Maly, Maly"?

3. What does Sothy end up doing to the apple fritter man in the end of the story titled "Three Women on Chuck's Donuts"?

4. Why does Superking Son seem jealous of Justin?

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

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

7. How does Tevy feel about being Khmer?

8. What kind of party is the family preparing for in the story "Maly, Maly, Maly"?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why and how is Justin so different from the other boys in the story "Superking Son Scores Again"? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

Why do you think So chooses to leave the future of Toby's and Paul's relationship ambiguous in the story titled "The Shop"? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Why does Doctor Heng's wife seem so interested in the Shop in the story titled "The Shop," and what is her influence there actually like? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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