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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. As Parvin, Sarah, and Mahmoud walk through a mourning procession, Sarah sees people throw what “over their shoulders like dinner jackets” (188)?
(a) Whips.
(b) Dinner Jackets.
(c) Iron chains.
(d) Rope.

2. What does Mayako believe in from her father’s stories, which Big Sister tells her is foolish?
(a) Reincarnation.
(b) God.
(c) Fairies.
(d) Tree spirits.

3. Where does Truong tell Mai he wants to go, which Quyen says it is okay for Mai to take him?
(a) Overboard.
(b) The deck.
(c) Home.
(d) To sleep.

4. How many people die during the two days Mai sleeps on the boat?
(a) 14.
(b) 200.
(c) 0.
(d) 35.

5. What did Mayako’s brother leave to do when she was very young?
(a) He ran away.
(b) He left for college.
(c) He died.
(d) He left to fight.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mai’s uncle make her memorize in Rach Gia in case she was ever questioned?

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

3. What did Truong tell Mai he came to the upper deck to do after she gives him water?

4. What real story did the play Parvin watched when Sarah arrived in Iran include?

5. What happened to Mai’s father after being in the re-education camp?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Anh Phuoc and what does he do on the boat?

2. What does Mayako decide she will do at the end of “Hiroshima” and what does she say?

3. What does Quyen tell Mai she was going to ask Mai to do when they arrive on land to give her time to tell her husband about Truong?

4. Describe some of the sensory details in the first lines of “The Boat” when Mai is on the boat during the storm.

5. What does Sarah thinks when she watches the call to prayer from the window of her room at Parvin’s?

6. Why is Sarah surprised by Parvin’s passion for women’s rights in Iran?

7. What are the issues Parvin expresses to Sarah that she has with her activist group and their constant meetings?

8. What are Mahmoud and Parvin’s arguments regarding whether the play about the young girl who was killed should be reenacted during Ashura?

9. What is going on the week Sarah arrived in Iran, which Mahmoud tells her is their holiest week?

10. Where is Mayako at the beginning of “Hirsoshima” and what is she doing with the other girls per Mrs. Sasaki’s orders?

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