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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of fruit did Miss Noi like for the GIs to give her?
(a) Papayas.
(b) Apples.
(c) Mangoes.
(d) Pineapples.

2. Who leads the ceremony on the day of marriage in Vietnam?
(a) Bride’s grandfather.
(b) Male head of the bride's family.
(c) Male head of the groom’s family.
(d) Groom's grandfather.

3. When does the story that Miss Noi tells about her life take place?
(a) 1981.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1977.
(d) 1979.

4. In Chapter 12, what color is the leather of the shoe that used to belong to a famous person?
(a) Mahogany.
(b) Black.
(c) Teakwood.
(d) Brown.

5. What type of flowers has the narrator in Chapter 8 put in oak barrels?
(a) Iris.
(b) Passionflower.
(c) Phlox.
(d) Hibiscus.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, what does a GI buy Miss Noi?

2. On what street does Miss Noi work?

3. In Chapter 12, when does the narrator say that the Trung sisters threw the Chinese out of Vietnam?

4. In Chapter 12, whose shoe does the narrator own?

5. In Chapter 12, how long does the narrator believe it will be before the Vietnamese are the only shrimp fisherman in the Gulf of Mexico?

(see the answer key)

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