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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. In Chapter 18 when Mai discovers a leech and falls on the floor, where does she hit first?

3. How far do Ba and the others go in the tunnel before they can stand?

4. When do the entries start in the detective's notebook that Mai finds?

5. How many frogs does Mai want to catch in Chapter 26?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do Mai and Ut find the detective and the guard?

3. How does Ba react when it begins to rain after a trip to the market?

4. Why does Chi BeBe threaten Mai and Ut when they return to Co Nga's house?

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

6. Why is Mai excited about lunch in Chapter 18, and why does she take some to Ut?

7. Why do Ut and Mai sneak out in the night with Van and a girl named Lulu?

8. What arrangements have been made for Ba to visit the tunnel where Ong was held?

9. How does Mai prevent the detective from telling Co Nga about finding him in the alley?

10. What does Bac Thuong say happened to Ong?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Setting is the place where a story happens. Where does Listen, Slowly take place? How does Mai feel about the place and why?

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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