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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Which of the following is not a product found in the street markets Hang describes?
(a) Sticky rice.
(b) Crab soup.
(c) None of the above.
(d) Dumplings.

5. What does Ton find in the packet from his former student's parents?
(a) Rice cakes.
(b) Gold coins.
(c) A chain.
(d) A bible.

6. What happens when Ton and Hang's mother are reunited?
(a) Hang's mother moves to be with Ton.
(b) They conceive Hang out of love.
(c) They remarry.
(d) Ton moves back to Hanoi.

7. Tam advises Hang to honor who?
(a) Her teachers.
(b) The president.
(c) Her ancestors.
(d) God.

8. What role has Chinh been promoted to?
(a) Director or Education.
(b) Chief of the Land Reform Section.
(c) Work Czar.
(d) Top Security Officer.

9. Que's hut is located in what kind of neighborhood (economically)?
(a) White collar.
(b) Working class.
(c) Bourgeois.
(d) Middle class.

10. How old was Chinh when his mother died?
(a) 19.
(b) 10.
(c) 25.
(d) 3.

11. Que's neighbor make che, a cake made of what?
(a) Sesame seed.
(b) Guava.
(c) Mango.
(d) Mochi paste.

12. How many siblings does Hang's mother have?
(a) Five.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

13. Que's brother tells her he and his family are moving to _____.
(a) Dalat.
(b) Danang.
(c) Hanoi.
(d) Saigon.

14. Tam asks Hang to write how frequently?
(a) Four times a week.
(b) Once a month.
(c) Every week.
(d) Every day.

15. Who arrives to help celebrate Tet?
(a) Que's suitor.
(b) Aunt Tam.
(c) Ton's wife.
(d) Uncle Chinh.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Hang's Uncle Chinh live?

2. Where did Tam live once she was evicted?

3. How does Hang describe the beauty of her first snowfall?

4. Tam worked for her aunt to make what food product?

5. What is the name of Que's neighbor and confidante?

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