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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hang use to warm herself on the train?
(a) Madame Vera's shawl.
(b) A blanket.
(c) Her companion's jacket.
(d) Nothing.

2. What is Que's occupation since the accident?
(a) Garment worker.
(b) Unemployed.
(c) Music teacher.
(d) She runs a small snack stand.

3. What is Uncle Chinh holding when Hang arrives?
(a) Knapsack.
(b) Vodka.
(c) Meat cleaver.
(d) Bible.

4. Uncle Chinh confides that he can only trust who?
(a) Other Vietnamese.
(b) Young students.
(c) No one.
(d) Family.

5. What does Aunt Tam give Hang to celebrate passing her exams?
(a) Meat.
(b) Money.
(c) All of these.
(d) Desserts.

6. Hang recalls an artist who was inspired by what weather phenomenon?
(a) Drought.
(b) Snowstorms.
(c) Fog.
(d) Hurricanes.

7. Hang takes her entrance exams how long before leaving Vietnam?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Six months.
(c) Three years.
(d) One year.

8. What decision does Hang come to staring up into the night?
(a) She is going to move back to Hanoi.
(b) She is going to sell the house.
(c) She is going to marry the Bohemian.
(d) She is going to disown her mother.

9. Hang wants to sell what to get more money?
(a) Hang's text books.
(b) Aunt Tam's earrings.
(c) Her hair.
(d) The family home.

10. Hang imagines her future in what setting?
(a) American.
(b) University.
(c) Industrial.
(d) Rural.

11. Uncle Chinh is diagnosed with what chronic disease?
(a) Asthma
(b) High blood pressure.
(c) Heart disease.
(d) Diabetes.

12. Aunt Tam prepares which of Hang's favorite foods?
(a) Shark fins.
(b) Sticky rice dumplings.
(c) Crab egg soup.
(d) Sweet bean paste buns.

13. Hang remembers following her mother to a village outside and seeing who by large pond?
(a) An old woman.
(b) A little boy.
(c) A young wife.
(d) An elderly teacher.

14. Where does Hang go after Aunt Tam's banquet for her?
(a) To the beach with friends.
(b) To university.
(c) On vacation.
(d) Back to her village.

15. Once she arrives in Moscow, Hang goes where to meet her uncle Chinh?
(a) Night market.
(b) Retirement home.
(c) Hospital.
(d) University.

Short Answer Questions

1. What fruit does Hang's traveling companion offer her?

2. Aunt Tam makes what from bamboo?

3. What does Mr. Duong do after Aunt Tam embarrasses him?

4. What color are the purple flowers around the pond?

5. During her celebration, Hang escapes to a neighbor's house to do what?

(see the answer keys)

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