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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. What is Ton's birth sign?

2. What field was Hang's grandfather in?

3. Tam asks Hang to write how frequently?

4. Hang suggests selling her earrings to buy what?

5. Where does the cyclo driver take Ton?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hang think is Uncle Chinh's motivation for visiting?

2. What happens to Que's plan to build a new roof for their hut?

3. What is the significance of the song Hang's roommate plays on the record player?

4. Why does Uncle Chinh find Que a job at the Red River Food Factory?

5. Why does Que leave the village?

6. Why does a mob come to Que's house to attack her?

7. Why does Chinh scold Hang when he arrives?

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

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

10. What does Chinh think of Que's occupation?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Madam Dua's clumsiness leads her husband to leave her, taking their child with him. Aunt Tam welcomes her into her house. What do you think is Aunt Tam's motivation to have a permanent guest? Who do you think benefits most from this living arrangement - Tam or Dua?

Essay Topic 2

Hang describes feeling homesick while living in Russia and on the train ride back. However, when she arrives back in Vietnam, she feels the landscape to be oppressive. Define nostalgia/ How can memories trick a person into thinking something that is not true? Is our inability to have perfect recall a positive or negative thing?

Essay Topic 3

Although Ton has a new life and a new family, he is drawn back to the village and to Que. What does this say about Ton and Que's love for each other? What does it say about both of their moral characters?

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