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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Puerto Vallarta where do Gabrielle and her husband stay?
(a) Garza blanca.
(b) Sunset Plaza.
(c) Fiesta Vallarta.
(d) Marival.

2. In Chapter 10 as the officer drove through the mountains, what dashed across the road?
(a) Fox.
(b) Cougar.
(c) Deer.
(d) Rabbit.

3. In Chapter 9 when Saigon fell, where did some hide in an attempt to leave Vietnam?
(a) Landing gear of planes.
(b) Storage crates.
(c) Cargo holds.
(d) Jeeps.

4. In Chapter 14, where does the narrator say she was from?
(a) Phnom Penh.
(b) Saigon.
(c) Cam Ranh.
(d) Da Nang.

5. In Chapter 9 when the narrator remembers stopping to rest, how old does he say his lieutenant was?
(a) 27.
(b) 20.
(c) 25.
(d) 21.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 10, when did the story take place that the narrator tells?

2. In Chapter 8, who is allowed to hear the conversation between mother and child about the world?

3. In Chapter 13 when the narrator visits Thuy in the hospital, what color are Thuy’s nails painted?

4. In Puerto Vallarta on what floor of the hotel do Gabrielle and her husband stay?

5. In Chapter 9 after the narrator mentioned the legend of the dragon and fairy, how many men survived an attack?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a marriage ceremony like in Vietnam according to the narrator in Chapter 8?

2. To whom is the narrator speaking in Chapter 8 and why?

3. Why does the narrator in Chapter 9 find it strange that he escaped Vietnam and so many others didn’t?

4. In Chapter 9, why does the narrator write to his son?

5. What did the major decide had happened to him when he got back into his car in Chapter 10?

6. What did the narrator in Chapter 13 do after her husband died?

7. How does the narrator in Chapter 8 feel about her baby being a girl and why?

8. In Chapter 11, why does Mr. Cohen say that Christmas is not his holiday?

9. In Chapter 12, how did the narrator have the courage to leave Vietnam?

10. In Chapter 11, what frightened Miss Giau during her first Christmas in America?

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