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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the time difference between the village in Vietnam and California?

2. When did Mai quit speaking Vietnamese?

3. What does Ba eat for nausea?

4. How many stories is the house where Ba is taken to the courtyard when she and Mai arrive at her village?

5. What is the name of Montana's older sister?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Ut's house different from Ong's brother's house?

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

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

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

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

6. What plans does Mai make when she decides to call Montana in Chapter 9?

7. Why does Mai have to go to Vietnam with her father and grandmother?

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

9. How are Renee and Mai getting news about Mua and his patient?

10. Why are the people at Ba's old village amazed by Mai?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ba makes a trip to Vietnam with her son and granddaughter. Why does Ba return to Vietnam? What does the trip have to do with closure?

Essay Topic 2

Mai learns that rich kids in Vietnam have education opportunities that poorer kids do not. What challenges do economically challenged Vietnamese kids have to overcome to achieve their dreams?

Essay Topic 3

Imagery is a literary device authors use to describe characters in a narrative and the world they inhabit. Imagery involves using the five senses to describe characters, places, and things. How does Lai use imagery to help readers imagine the world where characters live in Listen, Slowly?

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