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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 insects do Mayako and the other children catch at the Temple?
(a) Spiders.
(b) Caterpillars.
(c) Dragon Flies.
(d) Ants.
2. Why did Quyen take Truong to escape with her?
(a) She did not trust her aunt.
(b) She wanted company.
(c) She did not want to leave him to Communists.
(d) She wanted him to meet her husband.
3. In what year did a bomb destroy the apartment building in which Parvin's best friend lived?
(a) 1978.
(b) 1988.
(c) 1999.
(d) 2008.
4. Who is the main character of “The Boat”?
(a) Mai.
(b) Truong.
(c) Mayako.
(d) Quyen.
5. What does a women on the boat say Truong has when Mai wakes to see he has vomited?
(a) A stomach bug.
(b) The sickness.
(c) The flu.
(d) Food poisoning.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did Mai’s uncle make her memorize in Rach Gia in case she was ever questioned?
2. Who does Mai see sitting between an older couple at the beginning of “The Boat”?
3. How many people are on the boat in a space made for 15 when Mai first gets on?
4. What happened to Mai’s father after being in the re-education camp?
5. What does Mahmoud tell the man with a club about Sarah when he approaches them in the square?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where is Mayako at the beginning of “Hirsoshima” and what is she doing with the other girls per Mrs. Sasaki’s orders?
2. Why is Sarah surprised by Parvin’s passion for women’s rights in Iran?
3. Describe some of the sensory details in the first lines of “The Boat” when Mai is on the boat during the storm.
4. After Mai emerges from her fever and two-day sleep, what does she notice about Truong?
5. Who is Anh Phuoc and what does he do on the boat?
6. What does Sarah learn about why Parvin came to Iran after she tells Mahmoud that she came to Iran to escape a man?
7. What does Sarah learn about Parvin’s past life in Iran before leaving for Europe?
8. What does Quyen tell Mai about where her husband is?
9. What happens to Mai’s father five years after coming home from fighting the Communists?
10. What games do the children play when they play outside together, which leaves some of them weeping?
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