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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. Where does Mai live with her family?
(a) Emerald Bay.
(b) Laguna Beach.
(c) San Clemente.
(d) Dana Point.

2. In Chapter 5, how many mopeds are stored on the ground floor of the building that Mai and her grandmother enter?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

3. At what ages do some of the Vietnamese in the village not nap because they are busy studying or working?
(a) Between 15 and 40.
(b) Between 15 and 50.
(c) Between 12 and 45.
(d) Between 18 and 55.

4. Who else does Mai talk to when she calls Montana in Chapter 9?
(a) HIM.
(b) Hadley.
(c) Zoe.
(d) Megan.

5. What is the time difference between the village in Vietnam and California?
(a) 12 hours.
(b) 14 hours.
(c) 10 hours.
(d) 17 hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has Mai been in Vietnam in Chapter 10?

2. What time is it in California when Mai calls Montana compared to the time in Vietnam?

3. What color is the house Ba is taken to when she and Mai are taken to her village?

4. How old were Ong and Ba when they married?

5. In Chapter 10 in the story Ba tells Mai, what color uniforms do the men wear when they come?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ba tell Mai about her match and marriage to Ong?

2. Why are the people at Ba's old village amazed by Mai?

3. What instructions does Co Tam provide for the embroidery class Mai attends?

4. When did Mai's family leave Vietnam?

5. How does Mai describe herself at the beginning of Listen, Slowly?

6. How is discipline different in Vietnam than in Laguna?

7. How does Mai describe her grandmother?

8. Why does Mai no longer know how to speak Vietnamese well?

9. What does Mai find that her mother left for her in her suitcase?

10. Why does Mai get on Ut's wrong side?

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