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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. Which of Parvin’s relatives were killed during the war, which Parvin had never told Sarah about?
(a) Her brothers.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her grandparents.
(d) Her uncles.

2. Why is Sarah confused when Mahmoud brings her to a hotel?
(a) She thought she was staying with Parvin.
(b) She has never met Mahmoud before.
(c) She asked him to bring her some place else.
(d) It is the wrong hotel.

3. What does the word Chi mean which Quyen uses to refer to herself and Mai?
(a) Sister.
(b) Angel.
(c) Friend.
(d) Mother.

4. What was Sarah’s occupation at Pearson, Peelle and Sloss?
(a) Paralegal.
(b) Administrative Assistant.
(c) Banker.
(d) Lawyer.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Mayako believe in from her father’s stories, which Big Sister tells her is foolish?

3. In what year did a bomb destroy the apartment building in which Parvin's best friend lived?

4. What is the group Big Sister brings Mayako to doing in order to create fire lanes?

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

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. Who is Roya and what role does she take in regards to Sarah’s visit to Parvin’s parent’s villa?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does Quyen tell Mai about where her husband is?

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