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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How far is Ong's ancestral home from the house where Mai and Ba eat and sleep?
(a) 5 minute walk.
(b) 10 minute walk.
(c) 15 minute walk.
(d) 20 minute walk.

2. How old were Ong and Ba when they were matched for marriage?
(a) 10 and 8.
(b) 9 and 7.
(c) 8 and 6.
(d) 7 and 5.

3. What does Ba put on Mai's mosquito bites?
(a) Cao Sao Vang.
(b) Cao Bôi Trĩ Cây Thầu Dầu.
(c) Tiger Balm.
(d) Golden star balm.

4. What is the date when men come in the story Ba tells Mai in Chapter 10?
(a) April 16, 1966.
(b) April 10, 1966.
(c) April 1, 1966.
(d) April 24, 1966.

5. What color is the house Ba is taken to when she and Mai are taken to her village?
(a) Blue and red.
(b) Yellow and red.
(c) Cream.
(d) White.

6. In Chapter 5 when Ba and Mai are taken inside to eat, what does Ba remove from Mai's bowl that she knows Mai will not eat?
(a) Chicken foot.
(b) Shrimp paste.
(c) Beetle.
(d) Cobra heart.

7. In what city do Mai, her father, and her grandmother land when they arrive in Vietnam?
(a) Saigon.
(b) Ho Chi Minh City.
(c) Da Nang.
(d) Hanoi.

8. What percent of the population where Mai lives in California is white?
(a) 87.
(b) 99.
(c) 76.
(d) 85.

9. What is the name of Montana's half brother?
(a) People.
(b) Citizen.
(c) Human.
(d) Boy.

10. Where is the guard now who guarded Ong when he was in captivity?
(a) Ho Chi Minh.
(b) Saigon.
(c) Da Nang.
(d) Hanoi.

11. What type of birds nest in the birdhouse Ong made?
(a) Bluebirds.
(b) Orioles.
(c) Doves.
(d) Tiger shrikes.

12. In Chapter 9 when Mai calls Montana, who is Montanta with at the beach?
(a) Andrea.
(b) Zoe.
(c) Hadley.
(d) Megan.

13. How old is Ba?
(a) 79.
(b) 73.
(c) 71.
(d) 75.

14. In Chapter 13, at lease how many girls are at the embroidery class?
(a) 20.
(b) 25.
(c) 15.
(d) 30.

15. What is the girl wearing that Mai notices is petting a frog or toad in Chapter 5?
(a) Jeans and a white T-shirt.
(b) Khakis and a red T-shirt.
(c) Jeans and a pink T-shirt.
(d) Khakis and a blue T-shirt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Into how many pieces does Ba always cut her hard candies into?

2. What was the name of Mai's kindergarten teacher?

3. In Chapter 7, how old does Minh tell Mai a tree is that has hanging roots?

4. What class does Ut's mother, Co Tam, invite Ba and Mai to in Chapter 12?

5. In Chapter 5, how many mopeds are stored on the ground floor of the building that Mai and her grandmother enter?

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