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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. What special characteristic did the 10-year-old boy selling rice cakes in Hanoi have?
(a) All of the answers are true.
(b) He was blind.
(c) He was mute.
(d) He was deaf.

2. At Grandpa Pham's memorial, what criticism did Andrew's father have of his own sister?
(a) He despised that she took welfare from the government.
(b) He didn't like the way she was too lenient with her children.
(c) He noticed that she was picking up an "American" accent.
(d) He thought she was gaining too much weight.

3. How long did the Pham family live in Louisiana before moving to California?
(a) Three months.
(b) Twelve months.
(c) Nine months.
(d) Six months.

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

5. Which of the following is a rumor that spread rampantly about Ho Chi Minh after his death?
(a) That he was not a native-born Vietnamese.
(b) That he was gay.
(c) That he was a socialist.
(d) That he had hidden money across Vietnam.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which city in Vietnam was Andrew's mother's favorite city?

2. Which of the following Vietnamese phrases translates to "Vietnamese-American"?

3. What part of Vietnam most symbolizes the Vietnamese "sell out" to Andrew?

4. What was the first holiday Huy spent with his family as a gay man?

5. From Mung Man, how many miles was the trip to Hanoi?

Short Essay Questions

1. What memories does Andrew have about the way his family made money in Vietnam?

2. What trouble did Andrew get into in Vietnam for drinking Coca-Cola?

3. Why did Andrew have trouble finding a place to stay in Hanoi?

4. What argument broke out at the Pham family's memorial to their Grandfather?

5. How did Calvin feel about the prospect of moving to America?

6. What moral did Andrew reach while swimming in the sea with a laughing, old woman?

7. What type of relationship did Trieu have with her birth father, the colonel?

8. Whose mummified remains are kept in the mausoleum in Hanoi?

9. What interaction did Andrew have with the one-legged cyclist in Ky An?

10. How did the Nguyen family say goodbye to Andrew when it was time for him to return to America?

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