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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. Where do Mai and Ut go for breakfast in Chapter 25?

2. What does Mai eat at the market in Chapter 21?

3. How many nights will Mai and Ut stay in Hanoi when they go to fix Ut's braces and get Mai an X-ray?

4. At the end of Chapter 32, how many days does Mai decide to stay and wait to fly home with her father?

5. How much hotter is the temperature in Saigon than in the North?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Anh Minh not go by his full name?

3. What does Mai find in Chapter 21, and what does it look like?

4. What does Bac Thuong say happened to Ong?

5. What jobs do Co Nga and her husband have?

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

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

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

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

10. How did Bac Thuong and Ong meet?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Juxtaposition is a literary device used to compare and contrast things. How does Lai use juxtaposition to show the differences between America and Vietnam? How does juxtaposition help readers understand the similarities and differences between Mai’s life in America and the lives of young people in Vietnam?

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

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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