View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do the people in the temple repeat every morning?
(a) The Imperial Mobilization Mantra.
(b) The Imperial Educational Transcript.
(c) The Imperial Rescript on Education.
(d) The Imperial Prayer.

3. When Sarah and Mahmoud see some men with clubs take other men back to their cars, who does she realize they are taking?
(a) Roya.
(b) Paul.
(c) Parvin.
(d) Reza.

4. How many people are on the boat in a space made for 15 when Mai first gets on?
(a) 200.
(b) 30.
(c) 15.
(d) 100.

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

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

7. The narrative of “Hiroshima” flashes to scenes of Mayko’s clothes being wet because she did what?
(a) Took a bath with her clothes on.
(b) Played in the rain.
(c) She was sweating profusely.
(d) Jumped in water.

8. What does Quyen confess to Mai she did with Truong after he was born?
(a) Abandoned him with strangers.
(b) Gave him to her aunt to raise.
(c) Left him with his father.
(d) Put him up for adoption.

9. Why did Quyen take Truong to escape with her?
(a) She wanted him to meet her husband.
(b) She did not want to leave him to Communists.
(c) She did not trust her aunt.
(d) She wanted company.

10. What is the group Big Sister brings Mayako to doing in order to create fire lanes?
(a) Digging up concrete.
(b) Laying concrete.
(c) Demolishing buildings.
(d) Blowing up houses.

11. Why does Mai sleep for two days on the boat?
(a) She is depressed.
(b) She has a fever.
(c) She is bored.
(d) She takes a sleeping pill.

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

13. Who does Sarah move in with after she and Paul break-up?
(a) Her new boyfriend.
(b) Her mother.
(c) An old college friend.
(d) Parvin.

14. What does Mahmoud say Parvin was encouraging people in Iran to do from her radio station in America?
(a) Hate each other.
(b) Listen to American music.
(c) Go out in the streets.
(d) Destroy Islam.

15. What happened to Mai’s father after being in the re-education camp?
(a) He did not remember Mai.
(b) He died of cancer.
(c) He denounced his family.
(d) He had gone blind.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mai do with the last ration of water Anh Phuoc gives to her?

2. Who does Sarah assure Parvin she will not make her talk about even though Parvin had asked her to talk about?

3. What does a women on the boat say Truong has when Mai wakes to see he has vomited?

4. What is Big Sister’s nickname for Mayako?

5. Who is the main character of “The Boat”?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 567 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample