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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 it been since Henry has seen Elise?

2. How soon before Nam’s father’s visit does he tell his girlfriend his father is coming?

3. Where is the main character getting ready to go at the start of “Meeting Elise”?

4. Who does Ron meet before going to see El Padre?

5. Jamie’s mother says people always ask if she is okay, but never ask her what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Cale and how does Jamie know him?

2. After Nam interviews his father and rewrites his story, what does his father do with his story when he takes it outside?

3. What happened when Jamie hooked a seagull while fishing with his family?

4. How did Ron get involved with El Padre?

5. Who is Jason Apelman and what was his relationship to Olivia?

6. What does Jamie’s mother tell him he should talk to John Thompson about?

7. What does Linda say about Nam’s story after she reads it in the coffee shop?

8. Where does Henry go to meet his daughter Elise and her fiancé before the concert and what happens there?

9. What happened to the Chinese Poacher in “Halflead Bay”?

10. Why is Jamie praised at the school assembly at the start of “Halflead Bay”?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay analyzing how Jamie and his father’s relationship changes over the course of “Halflead Bay.”

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay analyzing how Nam and his father’s relationship develops over the course of the story “Love and Honor and Pity and Pride and Compassion and Sacrifice.”

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay exploring the symbolic meaning of vision in Nam Le’s The Boat. For example, reference is made to Henry’s eyesight troubles in “Meeting Elise” and Mai’s father had gone blind after returning from re-education camp in “The Boat.” Choose one or more examples from The Boat and analyze their meaning.

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