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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. What color is the house Ba is taken to when she and Mai are taken to her village?
3. When Ut and Mai go outside after eating, what is a pergola-like frame covered with?
4. What time does Mai's mother tell her to call the next day?
5. How far is Ba's village from Hanoi?
Short Essay Questions
1. When did Mai's family leave Vietnam?
2. How is discipline different in Vietnam than in Laguna?
3. What is Tiger Balm, and how does Ba use it on Mai?
4. How is Ut's house different from Ong's brother's house?
5. What is the five-story house like where Ba and Mai are taken in the village?
6. How does Mai describe herself at the beginning of Listen, Slowly?
7. Why does Mua go to Vietnam every summer?
8. What instructions does Co Tam provide for the embroidery class Mai attends?
9. How does Mai describe her grandmother?
10. Why does Mai have to go to Vietnam with her father and grandmother?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Anh Minh cannot believe how irresponsible Mai is. Mai cannot understand how Anh Minh can know who he is and what he wants to do because of the way he takes his responsibilities so seriously. What does Lai reveal about responsibility through Mai and Anh Minh’s characters and the differences in how young people in America and in Vietnam handle responsibility?
Essay Topic 2
Lai uses alternative formatting in Listen, Slowly. How does Lai use alternative formatting? Why does Lai seem to use alternative formatting for the boy Mai likes and for various topics like "THE WAR" (13)?
Essay Topic 3
Ong and the guard were assigned to lengthen a tunnel. How would you describe the relationship between Ong and the guard and how they became victims of their circumstances?
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