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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Nguyen family want to give Andrew as his leaving present before returning to America?
(a) Vietnamese language lessons.
(b) A Vietnamese flag.
(c) A traditional Vietnamese meal.
(d) A visit with a Vietnamese prostitute.

2. Who told Andrew that Vietnam's national heroine was a prostitute named Kieu?
(a) A homeless woman begging on the street.
(b) Andrew's mother.
(c) A beautiful young prostitute.
(d) A university professor.

3. How long did the Pham family live in Louisiana before moving to California?
(a) Three months.
(b) Six months.
(c) Nine months.
(d) Twelve months.

4. What moral summed up Andrew's experiences in Vietnam?
(a) Love is all you need.
(b) Historic wrongs can never be undone.
(c) People are the same, all across the world.
(d) Try and you shall succeed.

5. To what city did Chi run away after her father's arrest?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) San Pedro.
(c) Sacramento.
(d) San Jose.

6. From Mung Man, how many miles was the trip to Hanoi?
(a) 1,000.
(b) 2,000.
(c) 4,000.
(d) 3,000.

7. Who was Andrew pretending to hide from underneath the dining room table?
(a) American soldiers.
(b) Indians.
(c) The Bogeyman.
(d) Vietnamese soldiers.

8. Why was Andrew harassed by bullies in Vietnam for drinking Coke?
(a) Coca-Cola undermined the Vietnamese entrepreneurial spirit.
(b) He was showing off his wealth.
(c) He drank it without ice.
(d) Coke was too American.

9. Growing up, what did Chi use to bind her breasts?
(a) Tight clothing.
(b) Bandages.
(c) She did not bind her breasts.
(d) Duct tape.

10. What was the first holiday Huy spent with his family as a gay man?
(a) Valentine's Day.
(b) Christmas.
(c) New Year.
(d) Thanksgiving.

11. In California, why was Andrew's father arrested?
(a) For child abuse.
(b) For drunk driving.
(c) For manslaughter.
(d) For stealing from a grocery store.

12. What college did Andrew attend?
(a) University of California, Berkeley.
(b) University of California, Irvine.
(c) UCLA.
(d) Stanford University.

13. What unconventional gift had Andrew's father given to Huy and Hien?
(a) Trips to prostitutes.
(b) Stock investments.
(c) Bags of marijuana.
(d) Personalized handguns.

14. What dark secret did Trieu share with Andrew about her father?
(a) He had tried to molest her.
(b) He fathered children all across Vietnam and America, and didn't know how many children he actually had.
(c) He was convicted of war crimes from the Vietnam War.
(d) He was not really her father but her older brother.

15. How long was Andrew sent to jail for his crime aboard the boxcar?
(a) 24 hours.
(b) 6 hours.
(c) 12 hours.
(d) He was not sent to jail.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the last thing Andrew talked about with Chi before her death?

2. At the time of Grandpa Pham's memorial, where was Andrew living?

3. What part of Vietnam most symbolizes the Vietnamese "sell out" to Andrew?

4. When Andrew is bullied by three drunk motorcyclists in Hanoi, what does he offer them to calm them down?

5. When Andrew was escaping Vietnam as a child, for what was the young woman he met on the street searching the sky?

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