The Land That I Lost (Nhuong)

infested

• overrun by pests or parasites
• filled with happiness
• covered in dust
• overwhelmed by joy

wily

• honest

• sly
• new

• shiny

hallucination

• A visual perception of your ancestors

• An auditory perception of animals

• A tactile perception of something that is in the other room

• A dreamlike perception in the absence of external stimulus

placate

• To make someone less angry or hostile
• To provoke someone further
• To ignore someone's feelings
• To make someone more angry

avenge

• To steal someone's property

• To apologize for something you didn't do

• To forgive and forget

• To inflict harm in return for an injury or wrong done to oneself or another.

What does Lan's mother find on the windowsill and who left it there?

• a fish left by Trung

• an alligator left by her ex-husband

• flowers left by her Lan

• some vegetables left by the gardener

What does Lan do for Trung's mother?

• She polishes her shoes.

• She gives her cookies and helps her fix Trung's fishing net.

• She makes her dinner and teaches her to sew.

• She takes her to town and helps her buy groceries.

Why does Lan's mother ignore the custom of the groom's giving gifts to the bride's family?

• She didn't need anything given to her.

• She was too prideful and independent.

• The families had been long-time friends and neighbors.

• She didn't want her daughter to get married.

What happens to Lan as she bathes on her wedding night?

• She gets abducted by aliens.

• She runs away.

• She drowns in the river.

• She gets taken by a crocodile.

How does Trung know that Lan isn't dead?

• He hears her crying out for help and sees her waving to him from an island.

• The crocodile taunts him and tells him that she isn't dead.

• His brother sees her on an island and tells him she is alive.

• A spirit tells him she is alive in a dream.