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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the dead bodies on the boat?
(a) They are prayed over.
(b) They are tossed overboard.
(c) They are piled up in the lower deck.
(d) They are left where they died.

2. What did Truong tell Mai he came to the upper deck to do after she gives him water?
(a) Throw himself overboard.
(b) Play with friends.
(c) Count people.
(d) Get some space from his mother.

3. Where is Mayako living with her mother and sister at the start of “Hiroshima”?
(a) A refugee camp.
(b) A temple.
(c) Their house.
(d) Her grandmothers.

4. Who does Mai see sitting between an older couple at the beginning of “The Boat”?
(a) Truong.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Quyen.
(d) Her mother.

5. What did Mai’s uncle make her memorize in Rach Gia in case she was ever questioned?
(a) An identification number.
(b) A name and address.
(c) Her uncle’s name and title.
(d) A phone number.

6. What does a women on the boat say Truong has when Mai wakes to see he has vomited?
(a) A stomach bug.
(b) The flu.
(c) The sickness.
(d) Food poisoning.

7. What do the children play at the temple, which leaves some of them in tears?
(a) House.
(b) Cards.
(c) Dodge ball.
(d) War.

8. Whose expression does Mai realize Truong resembles?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her best friend.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her father.

9. Where did Quyen tell Mai Truong’s father had escaped to an awaited them?
(a) Pulau Besar.
(b) Pulau Bidong.
(c) Pulau Tengah.
(d) Australia.

10. Where does Quyen assume Mai is going?
(a) America.
(b) Malaysia.
(c) Europe.
(d) Australia.

11. Who is the main character of “The Boat”?
(a) Mayako.
(b) Mai.
(c) Truong.
(d) Quyen.

12. Who does the man who approaches Sarah at the airport at the start of “Tehran Calling” tell her he is?
(a) Her fiancé.
(b) Parvin’s friend.
(c) Her cab driver.
(d) A police officer.

13. What reason does Mahmoud give to Sarah for why the man in the procession cut his head?
(a) Because he fell.
(b) He was drunk.
(c) To remember the imam’s suffering.
(d) He is crazy.

14. What did Mai’s brother, Loc, ask Mai if he could use while she was away in Rach Gia?
(a) Her toys.
(b) Her bicycle.
(c) Her skates.
(d) Her room.

15. What do Parvin and Mahmoud argue about at the meeting at Parvin’s parent’s house?
(a) What they should serve after the rally.
(b) Whether to go to the rally or not.
(c) Who should speak at the rally.
(d) Whether or not the play should be performed at the rally.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mayako’s brother leave to do when she was very young?

2. Who had Mai’s father gone to sea to fight?

3. How are Roya and Parvin related?

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

5. Who does Sarah move in with after she and Paul break-up?

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