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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 7, how old does Minh tell Mai a tree is that has hanging roots?

2. How tall is Mai?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mua go to Vietnam every summer?

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

3. How does Mai describe her grandmother?

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. What does Mai learn about Ut when her mother introduces them and tells them to go play?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Ba makes a trip to Vietnam with her son and granddaughter. Why does Ba return to Vietnam? What does the trip have to do with closure?

Essay Topic 3

An inciting incident is an event in literature that causes characters to ask. What are some inciting incidents in Listen, Slowly? How and why are they inciting incidents?

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