The Boat Quizzes

The Boat Quiz 1

1 What type of book is The Boat?
Collection of short stories

Collection of poetry

Nonfiction

Autobiography
2 Who is the author of The Boat?
Madeline Cohen

Viet Thanh Nguyen

Nam Le

Theodor Geisel
3 What is the name of the main character in "Love and Honor and Pity and Pride and Compassion and Sacrifice"?
Nam

Ba

Juan

Jamie
4 Where does the main character live in "Love and Honor and Pity and Pride and Compassion and Sacrifice"?
Vietnam

London

Australia

Iowa
5 Who comes to visit the main character in "Love and Honor and Pity and Pride and Compassion and Sacrifice"?
His girlfriend

His daughter

His father

His mother
6 What is Nam's profession in "Love and Honor and Pity and Pride and Compassion and Sacrifice"?
He is a cellist

He is a painter

He is a boat conductor

He is a writer
7 What does the Vietnamese word "Thoi" mean?
Father

Writer

Stop

The
8 Who is Linda?
Nam's stepmother

Nam's girlfriend

Nam's instructor at the Iowa Writers' Workshop

Nam's mother
9 About how long does Nam's father visit for?
Three months

Three years

Three weeks

Three days
10 What does Nam's friend tell him to do if he has writer's block?
Sleep it off

Talk to his father

Write about Vietnam

Go for a walk
11 What trauma did Nam's father experience?
An earthquake in Australia

Domestic violence from Nam's grandfather

Being unjustly arrested

A massacre in Vietnam
12 What does VC mean in the context of "Love and Honor and Pity and Pride and Compassion and Sacrifice"?
Voice command

Vietnamese child

Violin case

Viet Cong
13 Why does Nam leave home at 16?
He moves to the United States to become a writer

He moves to Vietnam to learn about his father's past

He gets involved with a girl and they start to do meth

He gets involved with a boy and knows his parents wouldn't approve
14 What does Nam's father do with Nam's story?
Refuses to read it

Shows it to Linda

Sells it to a publisher without Nam's consent

Burns it
15 In what country does "Cartagena" take place?
Vietnam

Australia

The United States

Colombia
16 What language is primarily spoken in Colombia?
Vietnamese

English

Portuguese

Spanish
17 What is Juan Pablo's job?
Spanish teacher

Hitman

Motorcycle transport services

Writer
18 What is the name of Juan Pablo's closest friend who leaves the group?
Hernando

Pedro

Luis

Claudia
19 What is the name of the only female member of Juan Pablo's group?
Maria

Nina

Claudia

Hernanda
20 What family member does Juan Pablo live with?
His father, El Padre

His mother

His cousin

His older sister
21 Who is El Padre?
Juan Pablo's father

Juan Pablo's friend from childhood

The boss of many hitmen

The religious leader of Colombia
22 What weapon does Juan Pablo bring into the building to meet El Padre?
A knife

A poisonous plant

A machine gun

A hand grenade
23 Who goes with Juan Pablo to meet El Padre?
Hernando

Juan Pablo's mother

Nobody, he doesn't want to put anyone else in danger

Claudia
24 Who killed Hernando?
Zeno

Claudia

Juan Pablo

Nobody, he moved to Cartagena
25 What is Cartagena?
A type of bird that migrates from country to country

A city in Vietnam

The Spanish word for a postcard

A city in Colombia