The Boat Quizzes

The Boat Quiz 1

1 What type of book is The Boat?
Autobiography

Collection of short stories

Nonfiction

Collection of poetry
2 Who is the author of The Boat?
Theodor Geisel

Nam Le

Madeline Cohen

Viet Thanh Nguyen
3 What is the name of the main character in "Love and Honor and Pity and Pride and Compassion and Sacrifice"?
Juan

Ba

Jamie

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

Australia

Iowa

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

His mother

His father

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

He is a writer

He is a boat conductor

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

Stop

The

Writer
8 Who is Linda?
Nam's instructor at the Iowa Writers' Workshop

Nam's mother

Nam's girlfriend

Nam's stepmother
9 About how long does Nam's father visit for?
Three days

Three years

Three months

Three weeks
10 What does Nam's friend tell him to do if he has writer's block?
Go for a walk

Talk to his father

Write about Vietnam

Sleep it off
11 What trauma did Nam's father experience?
An earthquake in Australia

Being unjustly arrested

A massacre in Vietnam

Domestic violence from Nam's grandfather
12 What does VC mean in the context of "Love and Honor and Pity and Pride and Compassion and Sacrifice"?
Voice command

Viet Cong

Violin case

Vietnamese child
13 Why does Nam leave home at 16?
He gets involved with a girl and they start to do meth

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

Sells it to a publisher without Nam's consent

Shows it to Linda

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

Vietnam

The United States

Colombia
16 What language is primarily spoken in Colombia?
English

Vietnamese

Spanish

Portuguese
17 What is Juan Pablo's job?
Hitman

Motorcycle transport services

Writer

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

Claudia

Pedro

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

Nina

Maria

Hernanda
20 What family member does Juan Pablo live with?
His cousin

His mother

His older sister

His father, El Padre
21 Who is El Padre?
Juan Pablo's friend from childhood

The boss of many hitmen

The religious leader of Colombia

Juan Pablo's father
22 What weapon does Juan Pablo bring into the building to meet El Padre?
A hand grenade

A knife

A machine gun

A poisonous plant
23 Who goes with Juan Pablo to meet El Padre?
Nobody, he doesn't want to put anyone else in danger

Juan Pablo's mother

Hernando

Claudia
24 Who killed Hernando?
Claudia

Nobody, he moved to Cartagena

Juan Pablo

Zeno
25 What is Cartagena?
A city in Colombia

A type of bird that migrates from country to country

A city in Vietnam

The Spanish word for a postcard