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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. How soon before Nam’s father’s visit does he tell his girlfriend his father is coming?
2. Who does Nam awake to find standing outside his bedroom door?
3. What does Henry’s doctor tell him he will likely develop if he does not have it already?
4. What is the reason the buyers decide against purchasing Jamie’s family’s home in Halflead Bay?
5. Who does Ron meet before going to see El Padre?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Ron know Hernando, and what ultimately forces Hernando to leave his life of crime behind?
2. Why is Jamie praised at the school assembly at the start of “Halflead Bay”?
3. Who is Alison Fischer and what is her relationship with Jamie?
4. In “Love and Honor” why is Nam surprised to find his father in his apartment when he wakes up?
5. What happened to the Chinese Poacher in “Halflead Bay”?
6. How does Luis and the group treat their target after they find him in his neighborhood eating a donut?
7. 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?
8. Who is Cale and how does Jamie know him?
9. Whose website bio does Henry look at in the beginning of “Meeting Elise” and what does it say?
10. Who is Jason Apelman and what was his relationship to Olivia?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay analyzing how Jamie and his father’s relationship changes over the course of “Halflead Bay.”
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay analyzing Henry’s physical and emotional changes over the course of “Meeting Elise.”
Essay Topic 3
The ocean is a symbol in several of the stories in Nam Le’s The Boat. Choose two or more stories that include the ocean as symbol and write an essay analyzing the roles and symbolic significance of the ocean.
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