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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nam’s father do at Nam’s apartment, despite Nam asking him to stop?
(a) Wash his dishes.
(b) Make his bed.
(c) Order pizza.
(d) Snoop.

2. How long has it been since Henry has seen Elise?
(a) 7 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 17 years.

3. Who does Henry go to see before his lunch with Elise?
(a) His psychiatrist.
(b) His agent.
(c) His girlfriend.
(d) His gastroenterologist.

4. Nam’s father tells a story that Nam had never heard before about hiding from whom in a bunker?
(a) His family.
(b) VIet Cong.
(c) American soldiers.
(d) Buddhists.

5. What is the name of the main character in “Meeting Elise”?
(a) Olivia Luff.
(b) Lee Henry.
(c) Henry Luff.
(d) Henry Lee.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the reason the buyers decide against purchasing Jamie’s family’s home in Halflead Bay?

2. Who did Hernando kill after he and Ron had been taken away during a football game?

3. How does Alison react when Dory is beating Jamie up?

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

5. What instrument does Elise play?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does El Padre tell Ron happened to Hernando after he failed to assassinate him?

2. Why are Carlos and Salesio missing from Ron’s gallada as explained at the start of “Cartagena”?

3. When Henry arrives at Carnegie Hall to try to see Elise he is given a note from her. What does the note say?

4. How do Jamie’s parents stop the fight between Jamie and Dory?

5. Who is Cale and how does Jamie know him?

6. In “Love and Honor” why is Nam surprised to find his father in his apartment when he wakes up?

7. Why does Jamie’s father think they need to move to Maroomba and how does he ask Jamie and his brother to help make it happen?

8. Where does Henry go to meet his daughter Elise and her fiancé before the concert and what happens there?

9. How does Nam’s father treat the homeless man he finds by the river?

10. What does Alison tell Jamie her relationship with Dory is like when they are alone on the pier after the party?

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