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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 26, how many eggs do the female frogs Ut is catching produce during the rainy season?
2. How much hotter is the temperature in Saigon than in the North?
3. How much are the tunnels widened to allow Ba to enter?
4. After nap time, how much are picked-over items at the market sold for?
5. What type of treatment do Mai and Ut get when they go to Co Hanh's in Chapter 17?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Ba react when it begins to rain after a trip to the market?
2. In Chapter 17, what happens when Mai and Ut show up at Co Hanh's house?
3. Why does Mai decide to stay in Vietnam and return when her father does?
4. In Chapter 19, why does Mai pass out at Co Hanh's house?
5. Why do Ut and Mai sneak out in the night with Van and a girl named Lulu?
6. How does Ba put Ong to rest after the visit to the tunnel?
7. Why are Mai, Ut, and Anh Minh summoned back to Co Nga's in Chapter 27?
8. What does Mai remember about when she used to sleep with her grandmother?
9. Why does Anh Minh not go by his full name?
10. How did Bac Thuong and Ong meet?
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
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?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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