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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 food is fixed for Ba and Mai in Chapter 18?

2. What time does Co Nga start seeing patients?

3. What transportation do Mai and Ba use to tour Saigon?

4. What year was the guard who watched Ong just out of school?

5. What does Bai pay for a pair of ebony chopsticks embedded with iridescent seashells?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Mai and Bai get through the night in Chapter 22?

2. How does Ba put Ong to rest after the visit to the tunnel?

3. How does Anh Minh make Mai spend the journey to Hanoi in Chapter 23?

4. Why are Mai and Ut allowed to go to Hanoi with Anh Minh?

5. What information does Mai provide about how Vietnamese like their food and their shopping and food procurement habits?

6. Where and what message is found in the tunnel?

7. In Chapter 17, what happens when Mai and Ut show up at Co Hanh's house?

8. What does Ba remember about a trip to the Chua Vinh Nghiem pagoda?

9. Why does Mai decide to stay in Vietnam and return when her father does?

10. Why are Mai, Ut, and Anh Minh summoned back to Co Nga's in Chapter 27?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Humor is a literary device that amuses readers or makes readers laugh. How does Lai use humor in Listen, Slowly? How does Lai provide information about characters or help break up tension in various scenes?

Essay Topic 2

Imagery is a literary device authors use to describe characters in a narrative and the world they inhabit. Imagery involves using the five senses to describe characters, places, and things. How does Lai use imagery to help readers imagine the world where characters live in Listen, Slowly?

Essay Topic 3

Grief is a feeling of loss, usually because of the death of a loved one. How long has Ba experienced grief and how has it affected her life? How and why does the visit to Vietnam ease her grief?

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