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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. How long has Mai been in Vietnam in Chapter 32?
2. How often does Mai's family shop for groceries in Laguna?
3. What condition did Ong have as long as the guard knew him?
4. What does Bai pay for a pair of ebony chopsticks embedded with iridescent seashells?
5. Where do Mai and Ut go for breakfast in Chapter 25?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Anh Minh make Mai spend the journey to Hanoi in Chapter 23?
2. What does Mai remember about when she used to sleep with her grandmother?
3. Why does Mai decide to stay in Vietnam and return when her father does?
4. How does Ba react when it begins to rain after a trip to the market?
5. What arrangements have been made for Ba to visit the tunnel where Ong was held?
6. Why does Chi BeBe threaten Mai and Ut when they return to Co Nga's house?
7. Why is Mai excited about lunch in Chapter 18, and why does she take some to Ut?
8. Why are Mai, Ut, and Anh Minh summoned back to Co Nga's in Chapter 27?
9. What does Ba remember about a trip to the Chua Vinh Nghiem pagoda?
10. Why do Ut and Mai sneak out in the night with Van and a girl named Lulu?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Imagery is a literary device authors use to describe characters in a narrative and the world they inhabit. Imagery involves using the five senses to describe characters, places, and things. How does Lai use imagery to help readers imagine the world where characters live in Listen, Slowly?
Essay Topic 2
Grief is a feeling of loss, usually because of the death of a loved one. How long has Ba experienced grief and how has it affected her life? How and why does the visit to Vietnam ease her grief?
Essay Topic 3
Lai uses alternative formatting in Listen, Slowly. How does Lai use alternative formatting? Why does Lai seem to use alternative formatting for the boy Mai likes and for various topics like "THE WAR" (13)?
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