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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 last thing Andrew talked about with Chi before her death?
(a) Their father's abuse.
(b) The ocean.
(c) Angels.
(d) Star fruit.

2. Why wasn't Andrew beaten-up by the bullies who harassed him about the Coke?
(a) The shopkeeper intervened.
(b) They were too drunk to fight him.
(c) They forgave him when they learned he was American.
(d) They got into a fight with another gang instead.

3. Why was Grandmother Pham upset on the way to the memorial of her husband's death?
(a) Because she was unhappy about the way her daughter was being treated by the family.
(b) Because she thought it was disrespectful to commemorate death.
(c) Because she hadn't approved the lunch menu.
(d) Because she wanted to be driven to the event by her son, not her grandson.

4. How long did the Pham family live in Louisiana before moving to California?
(a) Twelve months.
(b) Nine months.
(c) Six months.
(d) Three months.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who told Andrew that Vietnam's national heroine was a prostitute named Kieu?

3. How old was Andrew in his memories of playing with a toy gun under the dining room table?

4. When Andrew remembers urinating in the river with Chi as children, with what emotion is he flooded?

5. What job was Andrew's mother working when she was locked inside a chain-link cage?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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