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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 was Andrew most looking forward to at his grandpa's memorial?
(a) Seeing his family.
(b) The religious ceremonies.
(c) Having a few days off school.
(d) The food.

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

3. What job was Andrew's mother working when she was locked inside a chain-link cage?
(a) She was a madam.
(b) She was a zookeeper.
(c) She was an actress.
(d) She was a dominatrix.

4. What did Andrew's father consider to be his greatest regret in life?
(a) Not fighting in the war against America.
(b) Cheating on his wife.
(c) The poor treatment of his children.
(d) Leaving Vietnam.

5. What was special about the bicyclist Andrew met and stayed with on his way to Ky An?
(a) He only had one leg.
(b) He could speak five different languages fluently.
(c) He had one shriveled arm.
(d) He was undergoing chemotherapy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the Pham children most despised family trips?

2. Which of the following is NOT something that happened to Andrew after leaving Hanoi?

3. How often did the Pham family visit the beach in California?

4. Why did the children in Hanoi throw rocks at Andrew?

5. From what did the Buddhist monk predict Chi would die?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Chi's life change during her fourteen years on the streets?

2. Why was Andrew's father arrested when he was a teenager?

3. What happened when the police stopped Andrew on the cargo train to Hanoi?

4. Whose mummified remains are kept in the mausoleum in Hanoi?

5. Why did Andrew have trouble finding a place to stay in Hanoi?

6. What moral did Andrew reach while swimming in the sea with a laughing, old woman?

7. What animal did Andrew see get hit by a car when he was leaving Hanoi?

8. What memories does Andrew have about the way his family made money in Vietnam?

9. Why did Chi make the decision to move to San Francisco?

10. What did Andrew and Chi talk about during their last conversation, before Chi killed herself?

(see the answer keys)

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