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

2. What did Cuong/Calvin do for a living?
(a) He was a jade cutter.
(b) He was a missionary.
(c) He was a dentist.
(d) He was a travel guide.

3. Who was the first to know that Andrew's brother, Huy, was gay?
(a) Andrew.
(b) Andrew's mother.
(c) Chi.
(d) Andrew's father.

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

5. In California, why was Andrew's father arrested?
(a) For manslaughter.
(b) For drunk driving.
(c) For stealing from a grocery store.
(d) For child abuse.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Huy's family react to the news that Huy was gay?

2. What college did Andrew attend?

3. How did Andrew feel about visiting the tourist area of Hanoi?

4. Who did Andrew think about most during the final scene in the sea?

5. What animal did Andrew inadvertently kill in a cycling accident in Hanoi?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What interaction did Andrew have with the one-legged cyclist in Ky An?

6. What trouble did Andrew get into in Vietnam for drinking Coca-Cola?

7. What type of relationship did Trieu have with her birth father, the colonel?

8. What argument broke out at the Pham family's memorial to their Grandfather?

9. Which of Andrew's siblings were gay, and how did his family react to this?

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

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