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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 Uncle Chinh holding when Hang arrives?

2. Hang recalls an artist who was inspired by what weather phenomenon?

3. Who saw Hang off to the airport?

4. Aunt Tam says that Madame Dua's husband left because of which of her characteristics?

5. Uncle Chinh demands what of his sister?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is My. Duong?

2. What is the relationship between Madame Dua and Aunt Tam?

3. What is Aunt Tam's response to Mr. Duong's favor?

4. Describe Hang's first visit to see Uncle Chinh in Moscow.

5. Why does Que and Aunt Tam's relationship become strained?

6. Describe Hang's nostalgia about fog.

7. Why does Hang like duckweed flowers so much?

8. How does Que treat Hang when she returns from the celebration at Aunt Tam's?

9. Why does Hang move out of her mother's house?

10. What realization does Hang have while staying at her Aunt's house before a celebration for Hang's acceptance into school?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Hang says Que and Aunt Tam were both stuck in the past. In what ways are they the same? Do their different ways of coping result in different outcomes? Is there a good way to be stuck in the past?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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