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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Parvin, Sarah, and Mahmoud walk through a mourning procession, Sarah sees people throw what “over their shoulders like dinner jackets” (188)?
(a) Dinner Jackets.
(b) Whips.
(c) Rope.
(d) Iron chains.

2. Who is Sarah sitting on a hotel bed with at the end of “Tehran Calling”?
(a) Roya.
(b) Paul.
(c) Parvin.
(d) Mahmoud.

3. What does Alison tell Jamie he smells like after she kisses his fingertips by the courthouse?
(a) Feces.
(b) Fish.
(c) Sweat.
(d) The ocean.

4. What happens to Truong at the end of “The Boat”?
(a) He loses his mother.
(b) He sees land.
(c) Mai adopts him.
(d) He dies.

5. What does Jamie get praised for in the school auditorium at the beginning of “Halflead Bay”?
(a) Earning a full scholarship to Harvard.
(b) Being valedictorian.
(c) Having perfect attendance.
(d) Scoring the winning goal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Truong tell Mai he came to the upper deck to do after she gives him water?

2. What does Jamie’s dad suggest he, Jamie, and Michael do together soon to give their mother a break from them?

3. What is one thing Nam does to try to break his writer’s block?

4. What does Henry’s doctor tell him he will likely develop if he does not have it already?

5. Where does Truong tell Mai he wants to go, which Quyen says it is okay for Mai to take him?

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