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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. What does Mayako’s mother tell her she used to be able to do where she lived when she was a child?
(a) Go to school.
(b) Play with her friends.
(c) Eat candy.
(d) Jump in the river.

2. Why did Sarah sometimes find it hard to believe in the oppression of those who called in to Parvin’s radio show?
(a) They seemed to have a liberal education.
(b) She did not think they could get Parvin’s radio station in Iran.
(c) Their stories sounded too far fetched.
(d) Their stories did not sound too bad.

3. What is the reason the buyers decide against purchasing Jamie’s family’s home in Halflead Bay?
(a) The price is too high.
(b) The house needs too much work.
(c) His father scares them off.
(d) His mother scares them off.

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

5. What is the name of the main character in the story “Love and Honor and Pity and Pride and Compassion and Sacrifice”?
(a) Lee.
(b) Linda.
(c) John.
(d) Nam.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Jamie’s mother make him promise after he found her fallen to the floor two years ago when she relapsed?

2. How many people are on the boat in a space made for 15 when Mai first gets on?

3. Who is telling the girls to keep their back straight while cleaning the floors at the beginning of “Hiroshima”?

4. Where will Jamie and Cale work together during summer vacation?

5. How many stories has Nam written in the year he has spent at the writing workshop?

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