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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. How old was Mong, Ong and Ba's oldest the year that Ong was captured?
2. What color fruit does Ut shows Mai in Chapter 19?
3. How much hotter is the temperature in Saigon than in the North?
4. In Chapter 26, how much time does Van give Ut and Mai at a pond when they go at night?
5. What does Mai slip the kids who catch the frogs for her and Ut?
Short Essay Questions
1. What type of transportation is arranged for Mai and Ba, when Ba wants to tour Saigon?
2. Why does Anh Minh not go by his full name?
3. Why does Mai decide to stay in Vietnam and return when her father does?
4. How did Bac Thuong and Ong meet?
5. What are the first five days in Saigon like?
6. Why do Ut and Mai sneak out in the night with Van and a girl named Lulu?
7. What happens when Mai finds Ut at the pond in Chapter 18?
8. What information does Mai provide about how Vietnamese like their food and their shopping and food procurement habits?
9. What does Ba remember about a trip to the Chua Vinh Nghiem pagoda?
10. How do Mai and Bai get through the night in Chapter 22?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Artistic license is the way that an author creates, art, music, or writing based upon her interpretation of life. How does Lai use artistic license to create the realistic background of Listen, Slowly?
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
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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