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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Hang returns to the village with her mom, she collects what fruit on her first day?
(a) Papayas.
(b) Mangoes.
(c) Guavas.
(d) Passionfruit.

2. Who does Hang meet on the train to Moscow?
(a) A Russian PhD student.
(b) An American soldier.
(c) A young boy traveling alone.
(d) A neighbor from Hanoi.

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

4. How much money did Hang have left in savings at the start of the chapter?
(a) Twenty rubles.
(b) Eight hundred rubles.
(c) One hundred rubles.
(d) Four hundred fifty rubles.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Hang's grandfather when he died?

2. How long does Ton's journey last?

3. One of Hang's roommates accuses the others of stealing what object?

4. What present does Tam give to Hang before they depart on the ferry?

5. What was Hang's mother's occupation after her mother passed away?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Que leave the village?

2. Why is Hang yelled out my a girl named Thu's mother?

3. Describe Ton and Que's meeting.

4. How is Ton received by the other villagers?

5. Explain the significance of Ton's birth sign in his escape.

6. What realization does Ton have about the food vendor and his half-wit wife?

7. Why does Chinh scold Hang when he arrives?

8. What happens when a tavern is built in their neighborhood?

9. What does their neighbor Vi say about Chinh?

10. Describe Que's life in the year following her mother's death.

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