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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: Alabama: Now to Part IV: 1976: Year of the Dragon.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Quang study when he starts night school?
(a) Law.
(b) Science.
(c) Engineering.
(d) Computer programming.

2. When does Mother lose the amethyst ring?
(a) January 20.
(b) January 21.
(c) January 14.
(d) January 15.

3. When the cowboy takes Ha's family to meet their neighbors, who is the only neighbor to greet them warmly?
(a) A young boy.
(b) A woman with yellow hair.
(c) An older woman.
(d) A bald man.

4. How often does Brother Khoi's hen give eggs?
(a) Once a week.
(b) Every day and a half.
(c) Every two weeks.
(d) Every other day.

5. In "Letter from the North," how long has it been since the war ended?
(a) 12 months.
(b) 8 months.
(c) 9 months.
(d) 11 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Ha and the others are offloaded onto motorboats, how many can go at a time?

2. About what time does the ship Ha's family and Uncle Son's family end up on leave the harbor?

3. When does Ha confess to her mother the bad things she used to do in Vietnam like buy less pork and get herself a treat or make the girl who shared her desk at school cry?

4. What does Mother want the children to concentrate on after moving to the cowboy's house?

5. What job does Vu do in the mornings?

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