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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. Who is Truong’s mother?
(a) Mai.
(b) Quyen.
(c) Mayako.
(d) Mia.

3. Who is the main character of “Hiroshima”?
(a) Tomiko.
(b) Mayako.
(c) Minaki.
(d) Yukiyo.

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

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

6. What does Mayako decide to do at the end of “Hiroshima” which Mr. Sasaki says is a good idea?
(a) Write a letter to her family.
(b) Leave the temple.
(c) Pray more.
(d) Work with her sister.

7. Who does Sarah assure Parvin she will not make her talk about even though Parvin had asked her to talk about?
(a) Roya.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Mahmoud.
(d) Paul.

8. What do they eat everyday at the Temple?
(a) Fish.
(b) Steak and potatoes.
(c) Bread and water.
(d) Soybean rice.

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

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

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

12. In what year did a bomb destroy the apartment building in which Parvin's best friend lived?
(a) 1978.
(b) 1999.
(c) 2008.
(d) 1988.

13. What does Sarah say her problems are compared to Parvin’s?
(a) Comparable.
(b) Not as impressive.
(c) Non-existent.
(d) Far worse.

14. Who was Mai sent to stay with in Rach Gia when she was 16?
(a) Her grandparents.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her aunt.
(d) Her uncle.

15. Truong becomes to weak to do what toward the end of “The Boat”?
(a) Run.
(b) Smile.
(c) Swallow water.
(d) Sing.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What did Mai sell in order to support her family?

4. What was Sarah’s ex-boyfriend Paul’s occupation?

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

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