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

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

3. Why didn't Cuong/Calvin want to move to America?
(a) Because he couldn't afford it.
(b) Because he felt like a king in Vietnam.
(c) Because he was afraid of American racism.
(d) Because he thought it was selling out on one's heritage.

4. What special characteristic did the 10-year-old boy selling rice cakes in Hanoi have?
(a) He was mute.
(b) He was blind.
(c) He was deaf.
(d) All of the answers are true.

5. Why didn't Andrew have his original travel documents with him when the police questioned him on the boxcar?
(a) Because they were stolen by a vagabond on the train.
(b) Because he didn't know he needed them while he traveled.
(c) Because he was worried they would be stolen.
(d) Because he forgot them at the Nguyen household.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Andrew help the woman who had fainted on the road in Hue?

2. Why wasn't Andrew allowed to stay at the hotel he had chosen in Hanoi?

3. What was the number one topic of conversation at Grandpa Pham's memorial?

4. How long was Andrew's flight back to California from Vietnam?

5. Which of the following is a rumor that spread rampantly about Ho Chi Minh after his death?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What aspect of her life brought Chi the greatest amount of stress and sadness?

6. What opinion did the American Vietnam War vet, whom Andrew met in a coffee shop, have about the War?

7. What regrets did Andrew's father carry with him throughout his adult life?

8. How did Calvin feel about the prospect of moving to America?

9. What is a gape fish?

10. How did the Nguyen family say goodbye to Andrew when it was time for him to return to America?

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