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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 date when men come in the story Ba tells Mai in Chapter 10?

2. In Chapter 10, who is talking to Ba when Mai wakes?

3. When did Mai first notice "HIM" (67)?

4. What time does Mai's mother tell her to call the next day?

5. What is Mai's favorite month at Laguna Beach?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Minh?

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

3. Why does Mai get on Ut's wrong side?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

An inciting incident is an event in literature that causes characters to ask. What are some inciting incidents in Listen, Slowly? How and why are they inciting incidents?

Essay Topic 2

Mai and Ut use manipulation to get to Hanoi. How do Mai and Ut use manipulation to get to Hanoi? What does Lai reveal about manipulation and its dangers?

Essay Topic 3

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in Listen, Slowly? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and characters, especially Mai? How does it help readers connect with and understand characters?

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