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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Henry’s doctor tell him he will likely develop if he does not have it already?

2. Who did Hernando kill after he and Ron had been taken away during a football game?

3. What is the nickname for the part of town that the group’s target is supposed to be?

4. What name does Ron’s boss go by?

5. What does Nam’s father notice in his apartment, saying he knew he would never really quit?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to the Chinese Poacher in “Halflead Bay”?

2. Who is Jason Apelman and what was his relationship to Olivia?

3. Where does Henry go to meet his daughter Elise and her fiancé before the concert and what happens there?

4. What does Henry’s gastroenterologist tell him at his appointment?

5. What happens when Ron is ordered to kill his friend Hernando?

6. How do Jamie’s parents stop the fight between Jamie and Dory?

7. What does Linda say about Nam’s story after she reads it in the coffee shop?

8. What does Cale confess to Jamie when he comes to his house to tell him that Tammie said Dory is going to beat Jamie up at practice?

9. After Nam interviews his father and rewrites his story, what does his father do with his story when he takes it outside?

10. What does Henry thinks when he sees Elise perform and spots her outside after the concert?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay analyzing Mai and Quyen’s relationship in “The Boat.” What are the circumstances under which they met? What is their connection? In what ways does this connection change over the course of the story?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay analyzing how Nam and his father’s relationship develops over the course of the story “Love and Honor and Pity and Pride and Compassion and Sacrifice.”

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing Nam Le’s use of flashbacks at least two of his short stories. Discuss how these flashback’s impact the reader’s experience and whether you think they are effective. Be sure to include direct examples from the text to support your argument.

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