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

2. In Chapter 1, how long is the trip that Mai is talking with her Dad and grandmother to Vietnam?
(a) 4 weeks.
(b) 8 weeks.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 6 weeks.

3. When did Mai quit speaking Vietnamese?
(a) When she was 5.
(b) In first grade.
(c) In kindergarten.
(d) When she was 4.

4. In Chapter 5, how many mopeds are stored on the ground floor of the building that Mai and her grandmother enter?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

5. In Chapter 10, who is talking to Ba when Mai wakes?
(a) The detective.
(b) Mua.
(c) Anh Minh.
(d) Ong Thuan.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 15, how many emails does Mai rescue from the trash from Montana and then delete again?

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

3. In Chapter 13, at lease how many girls are at the embroidery class?

4. How tall is Mai?

5. Where does Minh take Mai to charge her cell phone?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mai spy on her grandmother and the detective in Chapter 10?

2. How were Ong and Ba's children named and what did their names mean?

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

4. How does Anh Minh offer to help Mai improve the way she speaks Vietnamese?

5. How does Mai describe herself at the beginning of Listen, Slowly?

6. What is Tiger Balm, and how does Ba use it on Mai?

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

8. Who is Minh?

9. How long has Ut been studying English, and how easy is it for Mai to communicate with her?

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

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