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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 nationality were the actors and actresses in the film shown in Chapter 1?

2. On what street does Miss Noi work?

3. In Chapter 5, where does Thieu live?

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

5. In Chapter 3, where does Khanh plan to open another laundry?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Vietnam, how would men react when they saw Buom on the street?

2. What films are frequently shown in the officers’ club that the Chapter 1 narrator does not enjoy?

3. What is the Vietnamese custom about sharing bad news?

4. What does Thieu do for a living?

5. How did Miss Noi get to America?

6. What was Miss Noi’s apartment like in Saigon?

7. What does Thieu try to interest in son in doing when Bill is bored?

8. What was in the room behind a bead curtain in Chapter 2?

9. What does the narrator in Chapter 1 do during the war?

10. What was at the Ham Nghi market in Chapter 2?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 3 as Khanh notices the memory loss of Mr. Chinh, he beings to consider memory. Why does Khanh begin to consider memory after picking up Mr. Chinh from the airport? Why does it become important to Khanh that he remember various things? Why does he think his memory is not perfect? What connection does he make between memory and distraction?

Essay Topic 2

A different narrator tells each of the stories.

a. What is a common theme in these stories?

b. How does the author unify the different stories?

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 11, snow frightens both Miss Giau and Mr. Cohen. Were both of them used to snow? What traumatic experience made Mr. Cohen afraid of snow? Ever after, what did he think of when he saw snow? When did Miss Giau first see snow? How did it affect her emotionally? How did she compare what she saw to how she felt?

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