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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT something that happened to Andrew after leaving Hanoi?
(a) He had bloody diarrhea.
(b) He had his wallet stolen from his hotel room while he slept.
(c) Prostitutes scratched at his hotel door begging to be let in.
(d) He slept in a hotel room with a rat.

2. In California, why was Andrew's father arrested?
(a) For child abuse.
(b) For stealing from a grocery store.
(c) For manslaughter.
(d) For drunk driving.

3. How did Chi kill herself?
(a) She overdosed.
(b) She shot herself.
(c) She poisoned herself.
(d) She hung herself.

4. What was special about the bicyclist Andrew met and stayed with on his way to Ky An?
(a) He had one shriveled arm.
(b) He was undergoing chemotherapy.
(c) He only had one leg.
(d) He could speak five different languages fluently.

5. How did Andrew feel about visiting the tourist area of Hanoi?
(a) He was frightened.
(b) He was apathetic to it.
(c) He was disgusted by it.
(d) He loved it.

6. How did Andrew help the woman who had fainted on the road in Hue?
(a) He gave someone money to take her home.
(b) He did nothing to help her and was later ravaged with guilt.
(c) He called the ambulance and paid for her hospital fees.
(d) He gave her mouth-to-mouth.

7. What part of Vietnam most symbolizes the Vietnamese "sell out" to Andrew?
(a) The beggars on the streets.
(b) The tourist stops.
(c) The American memorabilia.
(d) The prostitutes.

8. How old was Trieu when she finally met her birth father?
(a) In her twenties.
(b) A toddler.
(c) A teenager.
(d) Ten.

9. What was the number one topic of conversation at Grandpa Pham's memorial?
(a) Money.
(b) Sex.
(c) Death.
(d) Religion.

10. Who was Andrew pretending to hide from underneath the dining room table?
(a) Indians.
(b) Vietnamese soldiers.
(c) The Bogeyman.
(d) American soldiers.

11. Why wasn't Andrew allowed to stay at the hotel he had chosen in Hanoi?
(a) Because his room had been given away to another guest.
(b) Because he could not afford it.
(c) Because it was being fumigated.
(d) Because he was not native Vietnamese.

12. Who told Andrew that Vietnam's national heroine was a prostitute named Kieu?
(a) A homeless woman begging on the street.
(b) A university professor.
(c) Andrew's mother.
(d) A beautiful young prostitute.

13. What unconventional gift had Andrew's father given to Huy and Hien?
(a) Bags of marijuana.
(b) Trips to prostitutes.
(c) Stock investments.
(d) Personalized handguns.

14. At the time of Grandpa Pham's memorial, where was Andrew living?
(a) At his parents' house.
(b) In a homeless shelter.
(c) Out of his car.
(d) Under the bridge.

15. To what city did Chi run away after her father's arrest?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) San Jose.
(c) Sacramento.
(d) San Pedro.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following was NOT a language the laughing old woman in the sea used in an attempt to communicate with Andrew?

2. What animal did Andrew inadvertently kill in a cycling accident in Hanoi?

3. In what year did Ho Chi Minh die?

4. How much money did the station master demand from Andrew before he could board the commuter train to Hanoi?

5. Who did Andrew think about most during the final scene in the sea?

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