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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 is telling the girls to keep their back straight while cleaning the floors at the beginning of “Hiroshima”?
(a) Big Sister.
(b) Mayako.
(c) Mrs. Sasaki.
(d) Mr. Sasaki.

2. Where is Mayako living with her mother and sister at the start of “Hiroshima”?
(a) Her grandmothers.
(b) Their house.
(c) A refugee camp.
(d) A temple.

3. What does a women on the boat say Truong has when Mai wakes to see he has vomited?
(a) A stomach bug.
(b) Food poisoning.
(c) The sickness.
(d) The flu.

4. Why did Sarah sometimes find it hard to believe in the oppression of those who called in to Parvin’s radio show?
(a) They seemed to have a liberal education.
(b) She did not think they could get Parvin’s radio station in Iran.
(c) Their stories did not sound too bad.
(d) Their stories sounded too far fetched.

5. How old was Parvin when her family was forced into hiding?
(a) 14.
(b) 10.
(c) 21.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Parvin move from Iran to Europe?

2. What does Mahmoud say Parvin was encouraging people in Iran to do from her radio station in America?

3. What does Quyen confess to Mai she did with Truong after he was born?

4. 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?

5. What happens to Mai after she finds an army flask of water and gives it to Truong?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

5. What games do the children play when they play outside together, which leaves some of them weeping?

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

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

8. How crowded is the boat as described on p. 247 of “The Boat”?

9. Who is the main character of “Tehran Calling” and where is she in the first lines of the story?

10. What does Anh Phuoc have in common with Mai’s father?

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