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

2. What is used to wash off the mask Co Hanh puts on Mai's face for her pimples?

3. What are the only things that Mai's mother packed for her?

4. In Chapter 5 when Ba and Mai are taken inside to eat, what does Ba remove from Mai's bowl that she knows Mai will not eat?

5. In Chapter 10 in the story Ba tells Mai, what color uniforms do the men wear when they come?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How does Anh Minh offer to help Mai improve the way she speaks Vietnamese?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

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)?

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