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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 many people are on the boat in a space made for 15 when Mai first gets on?
2. What did Mayayako’s father do after fighting in China, which she does not tell Yumiko?
3. What does Parvin say she realized the mourning parade really is?
4. How many days worth of water does Anh Phuoc tell Mai and Quyen they have on the boat when he gives water to Truong in the pilothouse?
5. What reason does Mahmoud give to Sarah for why the man in the procession cut his head?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Anh Phuoc have in common with Mai’s father?
2. What is going on the week Sarah arrived in Iran, which Mahmoud tells her is their holiest week?
3. 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?
4. Where is Mayako at the beginning of “Hirsoshima” and what is she doing with the other girls per Mrs. Sasaki’s orders?
5. What happens to Truong on the 13th day when they finally see land ahead?
6. Describe the play Parvin had seen when Sarah had arrived in Iran.
7. Who is Anh Phuoc and what does he do on the boat?
8. After Mai emerges from her fever and two-day sleep, what does she notice about Truong?
9. Describe some of the sensory details in the first lines of “The Boat” when Mai is on the boat during the storm.
10. What does Mayako decide she will do at the end of “Hiroshima” and what does she say?
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 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.
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