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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 Wong, the man Andrew befriended at the Indonesian refugee camp, do for a living?
(a) He was an elementary school teacher.
(b) He was a candlestick maker.
(c) He was a pig butcher.
(d) He was a jade cutter.

2. Which of the following adjectives best describe Hung?
(a) Nervous.
(b) Terrifying.
(c) Unstable.
(d) Calm.

3. What was Andrew's mother's name?
(a) Anh.
(b) Tuhn.
(c) Sahn.
(d) Kuhn.

4. Why did Tyle start crying at the bonfire he shared with Andrew?
(a) He was so pleased to have met a friend.
(b) He felt very guilty about the war.
(c) He felt very guilty about his racism toward Andrew.
(d) He felt very guilty about leaving his wife.

5. What was the only part of his grandmother's home that Andrew remembered when he visited the home as an adult?
(a) He did not recognize any part of the house.
(b) The roof tiles.
(c) The front door.
(d) The tree in the backyard.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children did Tyle have?

2. What country was Andrew's family originally from?

3. How did Andrew's uncle Viet react when Andrew gave money to a beggar in the Red Light District?

4. Which of the following is NOT a name for one of Andrew's uncles?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why did Anh have to exert her power over the crew on her family's escape boat?

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

5. What was Andrew's first impression of Mihn Luong Prison when he arrived?

6. What happened to Andrew while on the bus headed toward Mihn Luong Prison?

7. What memory is explored in the chapter named "Fallen Leaves"?

8. What personal history did Hung have with America?

9. What conflicts did Andrew face in American school after immigrating from Vietnam?

10. Who was Patty?

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