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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. Who does Mai see sitting between an older couple at the beginning of “The Boat”?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Quyen.
(c) Truong.
(d) Her mother.

2. What did Mayayako’s father do after fighting in China, which she does not tell Yumiko?
(a) He ran away from the family.
(b) He became a Shinto priest.
(c) He died.
(d) He was a teacher at the temple.

3. How many days worth of water does Anh Phuoc tell Mai and Quyen they have on the boat when he gives water to Truong in the pilothouse?
(a) 0.
(b) 14.
(c) 7.
(d) 2.

4. How many people are on the boat in a space made for 15 when Mai first gets on?
(a) 30.
(b) 200.
(c) 15.
(d) 100.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Truong’s mother?

2. What did Parvin decide the day her best friend’s apartment building was bombed?

3. What is Big Sister’s nickname for Mayako?

4. What does Sarah say her problems are compared to Parvin’s?

5. What group does Mayako’s sister allow her to join, which they keep a secret from their mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Big Sister bring Mayako to do with the Volunteer Corps?

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

3. What does Mayako tell Mrs. Tamura after her parents visit her at the temple on Visiting Day?

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

5. Describe the play Parvin had seen when Sarah had arrived in Iran.

6. Where does Mai’s mother send her the day after visiting her father in the hospital?

7. What happens to Mai’s father five years after coming home from fighting the Communists?

8. What happens to Truong on the 13th day when they finally see land ahead?

9. What does Mai notice is unusual about Quyen and Truong’s relationship on the boat?

10. How does Mayako’s mother describe her life as a child?

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