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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. How old was Mrs. Washington's son when he died?
(a) 19.
(b) 20.
(c) 22.
(d) 21.

2. Who takes the family to the grocery store to buy food for Thanksgiving?
(a) The cowboy.
(b) Mrs. Washington.
(c) Quang.
(d) Vu.

3. Where does Vu Lee think Father might have escaped to?
(a) Italy.
(b) Canada.
(c) France.
(d) Mexico.

4. 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?
(a) November 15.
(b) November 16.
(c) November 13.
(d) November 14.

5. Who escorts Ha to school to confront Pink Boy and his mother in the principal's office?
(a) The cowboy, Mother, Quang, and Mrs. Washington.
(b) The cowboy and Mrs. Washington.
(c) Mrs. Washington, Mother, and Quang.
(d) The cowboy, Mrs. Washington, and Mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many clumps of rice do Ha, her family, and the others get on board the ship for each meal?

2. What is Mother's first American job?

3. How much pork would Ha buy last September with the money her mother gave her?

4. What type of fish does Ha remember the cowboy brought that her mother really liked in Cowboy's Gifts"?

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

(see the answer key)

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