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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 is Mai's grade point average at school?

2. In Chapter 15, how long has Anh Minh been gone to the American embassy?

3. Where is Minh going to boarding school?

4. In Vietnam, how much money does it take to buy one of Mua's patients a bike?

5. What year were North and South Vietnam divided?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mai love about Laguna Beach in June?

2. How does Mai describe her grandmother?

3. Who is Minh?

4. How does Anh Minh offer to help Mai improve the way she speaks Vietnamese?

5. How does Mai's call to Montana unfold in Chapter 9?

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

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

8. What is the five-story house like where Ba and Mai are taken in the village?

9. What does Mai learn about Ut when her mother introduces them and tells them to go play?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A narrator of a story can be trustworthy or untrustworthy. Does Mai seem to be a trustworthy or untrustworthy narrator?

Essay Topic 2

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in Listen, Slowly? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and characters, especially Mai? How does it help readers connect with and understand characters?

Essay Topic 3

Onomatopoeia is a literary device that imitates sounds. How does Lai use onomatopoeia in Listen, Slowly? Do the sounds reflect what characters are doing, feeling, or thinking better than simply describing their thoughts and actions?

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