A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 111 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 111 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 was the fourth largest export business in the Republic of South Vietnam?

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

3. In Chapter 11, what type of clock is in the restaurant?

4. In Chapter 12, how large is the lot on which the narrator’s house is built?

5. Where do Gabrielle and Vinh live in America?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 12, how does the narrator describe the special shoe that he owns?

3. In Chapter 10, what did Miss Linh save the narrator from?

4. What is the memory of fighting that the narrator shares in Chapter 9?

5. Why are iguanas popular in Puerto Vallarta?

6. Where did Mr. Cohen live before he lived in the United States?

7. When and where did Thuy and the narrator meet Ly?

8. In Chapter 10, what did the woman in the road tell the officer after he crashed and found himself lying on the ground?

9. In Chapter 10, what did the major discover when he awoke for a second time?

10. In Chapter 8, why didn’t the narrator marry Bao?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 8, the myth of an emperor who goes to the moon is told. What did the emperor find on the moon? Why did he leave? Why did he begin holding a festival on the fifteenth day of the eight month? In what way did the narrator say that she traveled to the moon? What did she find there? What does she think of the world where she lives now? Is she content in the world where she lives?

Essay Topic 2

Francine’s father is almost as real as a shadow to her when she lives in Vietnam. What story does Francine tell about a shadow father? Could that represent her relationship with her father? How did the long absence affect their relationship? Did coming to America improve their relationship? Does Francine think their relationship can improve?

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 4, Miss Noi shares her love for fairy tales. Why does Miss Noi like fairy tales? Why does she especially like the word “upon” that begins most fairy tales? Is her story told like a fairy tale? Does she believe that her life has been a fairy tale?

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