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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 is one thing Nam does to try to break his writer’s block?
(a) Write in the pool.
(b) Take drugs.
(c) Write in his car.
(d) Write in the bathtub.

2. Where is the main character getting ready to go at the start of “Meeting Elise”?
(a) Radio City Music Hall.
(b) Carnegie Hall.
(c) Town Hall.
(d) New York Philharmonic.

3. What is the name of the main character in the story “Love and Honor and Pity and Pride and Compassion and Sacrifice”?
(a) Linda.
(b) Lee.
(c) Nam.
(d) John.

4. Who did Ron fail to kill despite orders from El Padre?
(a) Hernando.
(b) Luis.
(c) His mother.
(d) Pedro.

5. What was Jamie’s mother’s occupation when they first moved to Halflead Bay?
(a) Painter.
(b) Writer.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Musician.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do some of Nam’s friends suggest he write because it is “hot” (9)?

2. What does Cale tell Jamie was the real reason he left home?

3. Who did Nam’s father see get executed by an American soldier when he was young?

4. What instrument does Elise play?

5. What does Luis ask the narrator when he has his gun pointing at his target’s face?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jamie’s mother tell him he should talk to John Thompson about?

2. What happened to the Chinese Poacher in “Halflead Bay”?

3. 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?

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

5. Who is Jason Apelman and what was his relationship to Olivia?

6. What does Cale confess to Jamie when he comes to his house to tell him that Tammie said Dory is going to beat Jamie up at practice?

7. What happened when Jamie hooked a seagull while fishing with his family?

8. What does Nam find out about his father’s past when he gets drunk at a party in Melbourne and tells his friends his story?

9. What does Henry thinks when he sees Elise perform and spots her outside after the concert?

10. After Nam interviews his father and rewrites his story, what does his father do with his story when he takes it outside?

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