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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what assessment of Ma's does Bo disagree in Chapter 3?
(a) That Bo was not present at Lan's birth.
(b) That Bo was not present at Ma's fortieth birthday party.
(c) That Bo was not present at Bich's birth.
(d) That Bo was not present at Tam's birth.

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

3. Bui states in the Preface that she helped to open what sort of high school?
(a) Drama.
(b) Alternative.
(c) Magnet.
(d) Beauty.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The city of Hai Phong is how far away from the border of China?

2. In what location does Tam hide when things are tense in the house?

3. For what purpose is jute NOT said to be used?

4. How many years after Ma's suicide attempt does she bring up the subject with Thi for the first time?

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?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what reason is Bo unable to teach in the United States, though he had taught in Vietnam?

2. What behavior of Ma's disappoints Thi in the memoir's opening scene?

3. What food always brings comfort to Thi and why?

4. What event causes a very young Bo to mentally disown his father?

5. What is one element of Ma's parenting that Bui depicts as being different for each one of her children?

6. How does Bui use visual elements to underscore her feelings about the doctor's answer to her question in the hospital?

7. Explain the nature of the present-day relationship between Bo and Ma.

8. What is the strongest emotion Thi feels toward Bo toward the end of her adolescence?

9. For what purpose are allusions to heaven and hell included in Chapter 3?

10. Describe Thi's expression in the panel depicting her reaction to Bo's dangerous behavior.

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