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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 food item does Andrew remember eating during the fall of Saigon?
(a) An ice cream cone.
(b) A hotdog with ketchup and mustard.
(c) A pepperoni pizza.
(d) A wad of cotton candy.

2. Which of the following is NOT something Andrew frequently thinks about when remembering the fall of Saigon?
(a) Bullets whizzing by.
(b) Fires.
(c) Looting.
(d) Murders.

3. How did Andrew react when he learned that his future had also been foretold?
(a) He did not want to hear it.
(b) He wanted to read it immediately.
(c) Andrew's future was not foretold.
(d) He was so terrified he burned the fortune.

4. What did Andrew's brother's boyfriend tell Andrew to always travel with while in California?
(a) A Bible and a prayer.
(b) His immigration papers.
(c) A water bottle and apple.
(d) A pistol and pepper spray.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. During the fall of Saigon, where was Andrew?

2. What type of boat did Andrew's family use to escape Vietnam?

3. What type of school did Andrew attend when he was a child?

4. What tragedy struck Andrew's parents when they were first married?

5. Which of Andrew's relatives made a living selling fish sauce?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Andrew do on his first morning in Saigon after being reunited with his family?

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

3. What horrific experiences did Andrew's father live through while imprisoned in the torture camp?

4. In what way did violence enter the Pham family after they moved to America?

5. What memories did Andrew recount when he took a cup of tea to the roof of the Nguyen's house?

6. What personal history did Hung have with America?

7. Who was Wong?

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

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

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

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