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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Bui seeking when she meets with Viet Thanh Nguyen?
(a) Peace.
(b) Adventure.
(c) Answers.
(d) Wisdom.

2. When Chapter 2 begins in 2015, in what California city is it set?
(a) Berkeley.
(b) Santa Clara.
(c) Sacramento.
(d) San Jose.

3. What "immense" (22) emotion does Bui feel after giving birth to her son?
(a) Euphoria.
(b) Responsibility.
(c) Anxiety.
(d) Relief.

4. What does Bo do while Ma is working at her first job in America?
(a) He hangs out in the backyard.
(b) He works as a tutor from home.
(c) He puts together circuit boards from home.
(d) He stays home with the children.

5. The action Bui's heart takes when she sees the surgical instrument is the same she remembers from a time when Bo had talked openly about what subject?
(a) American soldiers.
(b) Defection.
(c) Rape.
(d) Sex.

Short Answer Questions

1. Once all of Thi's family lives in the same state, where does Ma live?

2. Bui worries most about which aspect of her parenting while she is still in the hospital after having her son?

3. The preface of the graphic memoir is dated July of what year?

4. Chapter 1, entitled "Labor," takes place in what location?

5. Bui describes her family as fleeing from one country and starting over in another during what decade?

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