The Boat Quizzes

The Boat Quiz 1

1 What type of book is The Boat?
Collection of poetry

Nonfiction

Collection of short stories

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

Theodor Geisel

Viet Thanh Nguyen

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

Nam

Ba

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

Iowa

London

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

His daughter

His mother

His girlfriend
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 boat conductor

He is a painter

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

Stop

The

Writer
8 Who is Linda?
Nam's mother

Nam's instructor at the Iowa Writers' Workshop

Nam's girlfriend

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

Three months

Three weeks

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

Go for a walk

Write about Vietnam

Talk to his father
11 What trauma did Nam's father experience?
Being unjustly arrested

An earthquake in Australia

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"?
Vietnamese child

Viet Cong

Voice command

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

He gets involved with a boy and knows his parents wouldn't approve

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

He moves to Vietnam to learn about his father's past
14 What does Nam's father do with Nam's story?
Burns it

Sells it to a publisher without Nam's consent

Shows it to Linda

Refuses to read it
15 In what country does "Cartagena" take place?
Colombia

The United States

Vietnam

Australia
16 What language is primarily spoken in Colombia?
English

Vietnamese

Portuguese

Spanish
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?
Claudia

Hernando

Luis

Pedro
19 What is the name of the only female member of Juan Pablo's group?
Hernanda

Nina

Claudia

Maria
20 What family member does Juan Pablo live with?
His older sister

His mother

His cousin

His father, El Padre
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 machine gun

A poisonous plant

A hand grenade

A knife
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

Juan Pablo

Claudia

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

The Spanish word for a postcard

A city in Colombia

A city in Vietnam