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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the "toughs" who boarded Andrew's bus bully the passengers into buying?
(a) Handguns.
(b) A cure-all potion.
(c) Homemade whiskey.
(d) Beaded ponchos.

2. What country's ship saved the escapees when their ship began to fall apart?
(a) Cambodia.
(b) Laos.
(c) Bali.
(d) Indonesia.

3. To what city did Andrew's mother's friend try to convince the family to run away?
(a) Paris.
(b) Berlin.
(c) New York City.
(d) London.

4. What country was Andrew's family originally from?
(a) Cambodia.
(b) Thailand.
(c) Laos.
(d) Vietnam.

5. Whose short quote opens the memoir?
(a) Mad Max.
(b) Max Gardner.
(c) Max Lupine.
(d) Max Erdrich.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Andrew's brother, Hien, retaliate when Andrew caned his legs?

2. What ethnicity was Tyle, the man Andrew met in the desert?

3. To what state did the Pham family move immediately upon immigrating to America?

4. How long had Andrew been cycling through the desert when he met Tyle?

5. What did Andrew's uncle, Hung, do for a living?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Patty?

2. Who was the first of the Phen children to die?

3. What was symbolic about Andrew's determination to ride his motorcycle through Vietnam?

4. After returning to California from Mexico, where did Andrew live?

5. What event frightened Andrew at the diner in Ham Tan?

6. What type of relationship did Andrew's Grandmother have with his sister, Chi?

7. Why wasn't Andrew's mother worried during the family's escape by fishing boat from Vietnam?

8. What was significant about Andrew's memory involving ice cream?

9. What happened to Andrew's family in the year after their first child's death?

10. What message did the Vietnamese Buddah give to Chi and Andrew about their futures?

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