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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the children in Hanoi throw rocks at Andrew?
(a) Because they heard his American accent.
(b) Because they were throwing rocks at everyone.
(c) Because they thought he was Russian.
(d) Because they saw him kill the animal.

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

3. What did the Nguyen family want to give Andrew as his leaving present before returning to America?
(a) A Vietnamese flag.
(b) Vietnamese language lessons.
(c) A visit with a Vietnamese prostitute.
(d) A traditional Vietnamese meal.

4. How often did the Pham family visit the beach in California?
(a) Every Sunday.
(b) Never.
(c) Twice a month.
(d) Every six weeks.

5. By train, how many days did it take to travel from Mung Man to Hanoi?
(a) Three days.
(b) Four days.
(c) Five days.
(d) Six days.

6. Growing up, what did Chi want more than anything?
(a) To be a boy, not a girl.
(b) To be deeply loved by her parents.
(c) To move back to Vietnam.
(d) To own a pony, like princesses in the movies.

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

8. What dark secret did Trieu share with Andrew about her father?
(a) He was convicted of war crimes from the Vietnam War.
(b) He fathered children all across Vietnam and America, and didn't know how many children he actually had.
(c) He was not really her father but her older brother.
(d) He had tried to molest her.

9. Why was Grandmother Pham upset on the way to the memorial of her husband's death?
(a) Because she wanted to be driven to the event by her son, not her grandson.
(b) Because she hadn't approved the lunch menu.
(c) Because she was unhappy about the way her daughter was being treated by the family.
(d) Because she thought it was disrespectful to commemorate death.

10. In what year did Ho Chi Minh die?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1999.

11. Who was the first to know that Andrew's brother, Huy, was gay?
(a) Andrew.
(b) Chi.
(c) Andrew's father.
(d) Andrew's mother.

12. Who did Andrew think about most during the final scene in the sea?
(a) Chi.
(b) His father.
(c) Tyle.
(d) Himself.

13. What name did Chi use during her years on the street?
(a) Pham Pham.
(b) Huang.
(c) Minh.
(d) Ho.

14. What did Andrew's father consider to be his greatest regret in life?
(a) Leaving Vietnam.
(b) The poor treatment of his children.
(c) Cheating on his wife.
(d) Not fighting in the war against America.

15. Which of the following Vietnamese phrases translates to "Vietnamese-American"?
(a) Viet-Kieu.
(b) Viet-Trieu.
(c) Viet-Minh.
(d) Viet-Pham.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Cuong/Calvin do for a living?

2. For what infraction did the policeman on the boxcar want to arrest Andrew?

3. What was special about the bicyclist Andrew met and stayed with on his way to Ky An?

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

5. How old was Trieu when she finally met her birth father?

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