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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 many diacritical marks are there for the 12 main vowels in the Vietnamese language?

2. How days before Saigon fell did Ba and her children fly out?

3. What time is it in California when Mai calls Montana compared to the time in Vietnam?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Mua go to Vietnam every summer?

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

4. What is the five-story house like where Ba and Mai are taken in the village?

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

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

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

8. Where is Anh Minh in Chapter 14, and how is his family paying for his education in America?

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

10. How does Mai describe her grandmother?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Mai and Ut struggle to get along when they first meet. How does their relationship evolve, and do they become friends?

Essay Topic 3

Colors are sometimes associated with mood. If you could assign a color to represent the mood of Listen, Slowly, what color would it be? Why? Would you choose different colors to describe the mood in different sections?

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