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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. Where did Mai's parents meet?
(a) UCLA.
(b) Berkeley.
(c) UC Davis.
(d) Stanford.

2. What American name does Mai's father use instead of his Vietnamese name?
(a) Steve.
(b) Ray.
(c) Michael.
(d) William.

3. What do some girls embroider on the thongs Mai shows them how to make?
(a) Chrysanthemums or orchids.
(b) Daisies or sunflowers.
(c) Peach blossoms or apricot flowers.
(d) Roses or lilies.

4. What does Mai put on the window in Chapter 10, when she is trying to overhear her grandmother's conversation?
(a) Rotten lychee.
(b) Rotten banana.
(c) Rotten pomelo.
(d) Rotten dragon fruit.

5. In Chapter 15, how many emails does Mai rescue from the trash from Montana and then delete again?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children did Ba have to raise on her own?

2. What is the date when men come in the story Ba tells Mai in Chapter 10?

3. What is the self-imposed uniform of any boy who opens a book in Vietnam?

4. When Ut and Mai go outside after eating, what is a pergola-like frame covered with?

5. What color is the silk in Chapter 13 that has willlow trees around a pond sketched in pencil?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mai find that her mother left for her in her suitcase?

2. What instructions does Co Tam provide for the embroidery class Mai attends?

3. How is discipline different in Vietnam than in Laguna?

4. What does Co Hanh do when she notices that Mai has pimples, and what advice does she give Mai?

5. Why does Mua go to Vietnam every summer?

6. When did Ong Thuan stop waiting for Ong to come home?

7. What does Mai learn about Ut when her mother introduces them and tells them to go play?

8. When did Mai's family leave Vietnam?

9. Why does Mai no longer know how to speak Vietnamese well?

10. How does Mai's call to Montana unfold in Chapter 9?

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