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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What smell competes with the aroma from the food?
(a) Industrial chemicals.
(b) Sewer and garbage stench.
(c) Agricultural byproducts.
(d) Marsh gases.

2. How was Ton treated by the villagers?
(a) Like a family member.
(b) Like royalty.
(c) He was ignored.
(d) With contempt.

3. Who does Tam blame for her brother's exile and death?
(a) Ton's new wife.
(b) The French.
(c) Ton.
(d) Chinh.

4. What scares Hang inside of her grandfather's house?
(a) Portraits of ancestors.
(b) Wooden sculptures.
(c) Dragon paintings.
(d) Shadows on the wall.

5. Where does the cyclo driver take Ton?
(a) Train station.
(b) Navy base.
(c) River ferry.
(d) Bus depot.

6. The festival of Tet celebrates what occasion?
(a) Children's Day.
(b) Harvest Festival.
(c) Independence Day.
(d) New Year's.

7. Where does her mother live?
(a) Moscow.
(b) New York City.
(c) Fountain Valley.
(d) Hanoi.

8. Which of the following instruments did Ton play?
(a) Mandolin.
(b) Viola.
(c) Piano.
(d) Flute.

9. Tam gets her home and rice paddies back when she is reclassified as what?
(a) The bourgeoisie.
(b) A scholar.
(c) A "middle peasant."
(d) A proletariat.

10. Que's neighbor promises to bring how many plates for the festival of Tet?
(a) Ten.
(b) Eight.
(c) Three.
(d) Twelve.

11. What is the traditional length of mourning?
(a) Three years.
(b) One week.
(c) One year.
(d) Six months.

12. Where does Hang's Uncle Chinh live?
(a) Fountain Valley.
(b) Beijing.
(c) Moscow.
(d) Hanoi.

13. Hang is born how many years after Que leaves her village?
(a) Ten.
(b) One.
(c) Five.
(d) Fifteen.

14. Before the revolution, what was the main source of labor in the village?
(a) Selling vegetables at the market.
(b) Raising cattle.
(c) Working in rice paddies.
(d) Silk production.

15. Who helped Ton escape the village?
(a) Chinh.
(b) Ton's mother.
(c) Tam.
(d) Que.

Short Answer Questions

1. What minority region does Ton end up in?

2. How old was Que when her mother died?

3. Ton meets a surprise visitor from his past how many years into his new life?

4. How many children does Ton have with his new wife?

5. Who does Hang meet on the train to Moscow?

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