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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What insects do Mayako and the other children catch at the Temple?
(a) Ants.
(b) Caterpillars.
(c) Dragon Flies.
(d) Spiders.

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

3. What was the purpose of Parvin’s radio show in America?
(a) To campaign for women’s rights in Iran.
(b) To play music from Iran.
(c) To talk about the benefits of Islam.
(d) To speak against women’s rights.

4. What was the name of Parvin’s radio show in America?
(a) Tehran Calling.
(b) Parvin Calling.
(c) American Calling.
(d) Islam Calling.

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

6. Who does Roya tell Sarah had been shot in 1999 in the same square in which the rally will take place?
(a) Parvin’s sister.
(b) Mahmoud’s father.
(c) Mahmoud’s brother.
(d) Parvin’s mother.

7. 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) Jump in the river.
(d) Eat candy.

8. 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) A police officer.
(d) Her cab driver.

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

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

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

12. In what state did Paul’s family have a home which he and Sarah would go to yearly?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) Maine.
(c) Vermont.
(d) New Hampshire.

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

14. How old was Parvin when her family was forced into hiding?
(a) 21.
(b) 14.
(c) 10.
(d) 4.

15. What group does Mayako’s sister allow her to join, which they keep a secret from their mother?
(a) Volunteer Corps.
(b) The Imperial Corps.
(c) The Emperor’s Corps.
(d) The Peace Corps.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mahmoud say Parvin was encouraging people in Iran to do from her radio station in America?

2. What does Anh Phuoc say the Communists are skilled at based on his experience fighting and in re-education camps?

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

4. Who is the main character of “Hiroshima”?

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

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