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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 Mayako’s mother tell her she used to be able to do where she lived when she was a child?
2. Who is the main character of “Hiroshima”?
3. Where does Quyen assume Mai is going?
4. Who is the main character of “Tehran Calling”?
5. What are people on the boat doing as a result of the storm?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Mayako decide she will do at the end of “Hiroshima” and what does she say?
2. What does Anh Phuoc have in common with Mai’s father?
3. What is going on the week Sarah arrived in Iran, which Mahmoud tells her is their holiest week?
4. Describe the play Parvin had seen when Sarah had arrived in Iran.
5. 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?
6. Where is Mayako at the beginning of “Hirsoshima” and what is she doing with the other girls per Mrs. Sasaki’s orders?
7. What does Sarah thinks when she watches the call to prayer from the window of her room at Parvin’s?
8. What happens to Truong on the 13th day when they finally see land ahead?
9. What are the issues Parvin expresses to Sarah that she has with her activist group and their constant meetings?
10. What are some of the first images Sarah sees in the terminal at the start of “Tehran Calling”?
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
Choose two stories from The Boat and write an essay analyzing the theme of loneliness in 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.
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