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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. How old were On and Ba when they were separated?
2. In Chapter 10 in the story Ba tells Mai, what color uniforms do the men wear when they come?
3. What do some girls embroider on the thongs Mai shows them how to make?
4. What time is it in California when Mai calls Montana compared to the time in Vietnam?
5. Who else does Mai talk to when she calls Montana in Chapter 9?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Mai get on Ut's wrong side?
2. How is discipline different in Vietnam than in Laguna?
3. What does Mai find that her mother left for her in her suitcase?
4. Why does Mai have to go to Vietnam with her father and grandmother?
5. What does Co Tam, Ut's mother, invite Ba and Mai to attend and why does Mai want to go?
6. How does Mai describe her grandmother?
7. How is Ut's house different from Ong's brother's house?
8. What is the five-story house like where Ba and Mai are taken in the village?
9. How does Mai describe herself at the beginning of Listen, Slowly?
10. When did Mai's family leave Vietnam?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Grief is a feeling of loss, usually because of the death of a loved one. How long has Ba experienced grief and how has it affected her life? How and why does the visit to Vietnam ease her grief?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Lai reveals Mai’s life during a pivotal time. How do the events in Listen, Slowly help Mai mature and grow in the timeline covered in the novel?
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