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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 3, what type of car does Khanh drive?
(a) Acura.
(b) Citroen.
(c) Ford.
(d) Dodge.

2. When does Fran say that many young people died in Saigon?
(a) 1970.
(b) 1971.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1968.

3. How old was one of Francine’s Vietnamese friends when she got a Russian pen pal?
(a) 9.
(b) 8.
(c) 10.
(d) 7.

4. In Chapter 7, how long have the narrator and his wife lived where they do?
(a) More than 12 years.
(b) Over 20 years.
(c) 8 years.
(d) 5 years.

5. In Chapter 7, what was the translated name of the restaurant owned by a man who was having an affair with the narrator’s wife?
(a) Vegetables with fish.
(b) Chicken and fish sauce.
(c) Fish with noodles.
(d) Sauteed beef with noodles.

6. In Chapter 7, what did the voodoo man give the narrator to put at the man’s house who was having an affair with the narrator’s wife?
(a) Cat skin.
(b) Hog bladder.
(c) Dog skin.
(d) Calf stomach.

7. Who is Mr. Green?
(a) Uncle.
(b) A parrot.
(c) Family friend.
(d) Business acquaintance.

8. How old was Miss Noi when she moved to New Orleans?
(a) 21.
(b) 25.
(c) 24.
(d) 27.

9. What does Fran tell her friends that her name is?
(a) Xuan.
(b) An.
(c) Hien.
(d) Tran.

10. When the narrator speaks with the voodoo man in Chapter 7, what type of chair does the man sit in?
(a) Cane.
(b) Wooden.
(c) Folding.
(d) Upholstered.

11. Where does Francine live now?
(a) Louisiana.
(b) California.
(c) Florida.
(d) Texas.

12. In Chapter 3, how does Khanh say his wife’s father died?
(a) War.
(b) Drowned.
(c) Fire.
(d) Auto accident.

13. In Chapter 2, what type of door was on the room where Grandfather took the narrator?
(a) Bread.
(b) Oak.
(c) Rope.
(d) Fabric.

14. During the Vietnam War, for whom did the Chapter 1 narrator serve as an interpreter?
(a) Australians.
(b) French.
(c) Americans.
(d) British.

15. When did Miss Noi come to America?
(a) 1974.
(b) 1971.
(c) 1967.
(d) 1969.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, what does the narrator’s wife’s name mean?

2. What type of cigarettes does Thap smoke?

3. When does the story that Miss Noi tells about her life take place?

4. In Chapter 7, what is the name of the voodoo man that the narrator consults?

5. To whom did the Chapter 1 narrator lose his wife?

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