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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 time does Mai's mother tell her to call the next day?
(a) 5 p.m. Vietnam time.
(b) 10 a.m. Vietnam time.
(c) 10 p.m. Vietnam time.
(d) 8 a.m. Vietnam time.

2. How old is Mai?
(a) 10.
(b) 12.
(c) 11.
(d) 13.

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

4. What year was Ong born?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1928.
(c) 1926.
(d) 1927.

5. How many stories is the house where Ba is taken to the courtyard when she and Mai arrive at her village?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 13, what stitch is Co Tam teaching?

2. What is the only salad dressing that Mai can eat?

3. What is used to wash off the mask Co Hanh puts on Mai's face for her pimples?

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

5. In Chapter 4, how long does Mua think it will take to find the guard who might have let Ong go?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has Mai prepared for a famine during her trip to Vietnam?

2. What does Mai love about Laguna Beach in June?

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

4. What does Co Tam, Ut's mother, invite Ba and Mai to attend and why does Mai want to go?

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

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

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

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

9. When did Mai's family leave Vietnam?

10. How does Chi Ngoc flirt with Anh Minh, and how does he react?

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