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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 color is the silk in Chapter 13 that has willlow trees around a pond sketched in pencil?

2. In Chapter 14, how many times does Mai panic about Montana and HIM?

3. In Chapter 9 when Mai calls Montana, who is Montanta with at the beach?

4. Who else does Mai talk to when she calls Montana in Chapter 9?

5. In Chapter 10, outside the window to what room does Mai try to overhear a conversation her grandmother is having?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. When did Ong Thuan stop waiting for Ong to come home?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Artistic license is the way that an author creates, art, music, or writing based upon her interpretation of life. How does Lai use artistic license to create the realistic background of Listen, Slowly?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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