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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “The Boat” Part I .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the word Chi mean which Quyen uses to refer to herself and Mai?
(a) Sister.
(b) Angel.
(c) Mother.
(d) Friend.

2. What does Mai hear Truong singing, which is the same song her mother used to sing?
(a) Soldier’s wife’s lament.
(b) A child’s lament.
(c) A mother’s lament.
(d) Vietnamese wife’s lament.

3. After Linda reads Nam’s story at the coffee shop, what does she tell him he is doing to his father in order to forgive him for abusing him?
(a) Romanticizing his past.
(b) Sugarcoating his story.
(c) Lying about him.
(d) Making him seem too nice.

4. What do some of Nam’s friends suggest he write because it is “hot” (9)?
(a) Ethnic literature.
(b) Flash fiction.
(c) A memoir.
(d) Autobiography.

5. What type of music did Mayako’s mother and father see and hear on their first date?
(a) Jazz.
(b) Choir.
(c) Pop.
(d) Folk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the purpose of Parvin’s radio show in America?

2. What does Alison invite Jamie and Cale to when she meets them at the jetty?

3. What does Mahmoud tell the man with a club about Sarah when he approaches them in the square?

4. Where is Sarah at the beginning of “Tehran Calling”?

5. What did Mai’s uncle make her memorize in Rach Gia in case she was ever questioned?

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