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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 leaves the keys in a customer's truck, resulting in the truck's theft?

2. Why does the presence of the man who comes in very late every night to Chuck's Donuts unsettle Sothy?

3. Where did Toby buy his school supplies?

4. What did Sothy's husband used to work as?

5. Who raises Maly?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Superking Son seem jealous of Justin?

4. How does Ves feel about Maly?

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

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

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

8. In the story titled "The Shop," what is Toby's role in the shop?

9. What is unusual about the man who orders the apple fritters in the story titled "Three Women of Chuck's Donuts"?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What changes in Ben's and Anthony's relationship after their group sexual experience with Vinny in the story titled "Human Development"? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

What role do the monks play in the lives of ordinary Cambodian-Americans, according to Toby in the story titled "The Shop"? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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