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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 book is Anthony particularly fixated on in the story "Human Development"?

2. What does Dr. Heng's wife tell Toby's father to do with the monks?

3. What does Monica give to Bond to get rid of?

4. What intimate activity do Rithy and Monk D do together?

5. Who is Marlon named after?

Short Essay Questions

1. What distinguishes Anthony from his Stanford peers in the story "Human Development"?

2. What does Visith actually do with his wedding envelope of cash for the bride and groom?

3. What were some of the problems Bond and Marlon had with their parents growing up?

4. What do Ben and Anthony have in common?

5. Why does Rithy never bring Maly, his girlfriend, to meet his father?

6. How does Rithy describe his girlfriend to Monk D?

7. What does Bond say haunts Cambodian families, even those with money?

8. What does Monica think about how having money has influenced her family in the story "We Would've Been Princes!"?

9. What do Monk D and Rithy do together at the end of Rithy's time at the wat?

10. How does Anthony feel about the dinners Ben cooks for him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

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

How does So treat the topic of reincarnation throughout this collections? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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