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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Thi when her parents separated?
(a) 19.
(b) 13.
(c) 7.
(d) 21.

2. In what city do Thi's memories of Bo "live" (64)?
(a) San Diego.
(b) New York City.
(c) Miami.
(d) San Francisco.

3. Chapter 3 begins in what location?
(a) Vietnam.
(b) Berkeley.
(c) Peru.
(d) Miami.

4. In what year did Japan send troops to occupy northern French Indochina?
(a) 1921.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1940.

5. In what location does Tam hide when things are tense in the house?
(a) The cellar.
(b) The closet.
(c) The attic.
(d) The treehouse.

6. What kind of darkness does Thi remember inside her childhood home?
(a) Soothing.
(b) Claustrophobic.
(c) Stifling.
(d) Ominous.

7. For what reason is Bo unable to teach in America?
(a) He does not have the money to travel to interviews.
(b) His license is expired.
(c) His license is not recognized in America.
(d) His English is not strong enough.

8. For what purpose is jute NOT said to be used?
(a) Sandbags.
(b) Paper.
(c) Twine.
(d) Rope.

9. Thi describes the city of Hai Phong by using what noun?
(a) Metropolis.
(b) Heaven.
(c) Oasis.
(d) Seaport.

10. In what year does Thi move with her husband and son from New York City to a new place?
(a) 2002.
(b) 1999.
(c) 2013.
(d) 2006.

11. 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) Defection.
(b) Rape.
(c) Sex.
(d) American soldiers.

12. When the nurse brings in a tray of surgical instruments, Bui feels her heart take what action?
(a) Go black.
(b) Move into her throat.
(c) Drop.
(d) Skip a beat.

13. Thi witnesses which person get spat on as he is called a racial slur?
(a) Lan.
(b) Tam.
(c) Ma.
(d) Bo.

14. Ma alleges that Bo had been taking what action during the birth of one of their children?
(a) Attending the movies.
(b) Chopping wood.
(c) Gambling.
(d) Drinking at the bar.

15. Bo says that when he was how old, his father had fallen in love with a neighbor?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 12.
(d) 8.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bui states in the Preface that she helped to open what sort of high school?

2. With what assessment of Ma's does Bo disagree in Chapter 3?

3. Thi states in Chapter 2 that she has "figured out, more or less, how to" (29) take what action in regard to her "little family" (29)?

4. What emotion does Thi feel when Ma brings up her own past suicide attempt?

5. What sort of merchant had poisoned the waters near Bo's boyhood home?

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