Print
Word
PDF
|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did Mai’s brother, Loc, ask Mai if he could use while she was away in Rach Gia?
2. What do people do when they pass by the man in the mourning procession who is bleeding from his scalp?
3. In what year did a bomb destroy the apartment building in which Parvin's best friend lived?
4. What does Sarah say her problems are compared to Parvin’s?
5. How old was Parvin when her family was forced into hiding?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where does Mai’s mother send her the day after visiting her father in the hospital?
2. What does Big Sister bring Mayako to do with the Volunteer Corps?
3. Describe the play Parvin had seen when Sarah had arrived in Iran.
4. Describe some of the sensory details in the first lines of “The Boat” when Mai is on the boat during the storm.
5. What does Quyen tell Mai about where her husband is?
6. What does Sarah thinks when she watches the call to prayer from the window of her room at Parvin’s?
7. What does Sarah learn about Parvin’s past life in Iran before leaving for Europe?
8. What happens to the bodies of those who die on the boat?
9. What are some of the first images Sarah sees in the terminal at the start of “Tehran Calling”?
10. Why is Sarah surprised by Parvin’s passion for women’s rights in Iran?
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 Sarah and Parvin’s relationship and how the changes in their relationship help to develop the overall theme of the story. Be sure to include direct examples from the text.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay analyzing Nam Le’s choice to tell the story from a particular point of view in any one of the stories in The Boat. Discuss how this point-of-view impacts the reader’s experience. Using direct examples from the text, explain why this point-of-view is or is not an effective choice.
|
This section contains 713 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
