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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bo explains that the term "nguy" (221) could be applied to anyone in what location?
(a) In the West.
(b) In the South.
(c) In the East.
(d) In the North.

2. When Bo's father came to visit Bo, it had been how many years since they had seen one another?
(a) 15.
(b) 10.
(c) 30.
(d) 20.

3. Bo names which person as providing him with the necessary documents to transfer to a school in Saigon?
(a) His teacher.
(b) His father.
(c) His grandfather.
(d) His school principal.

4. Which family member of Ma's was the one to act as a United State sponsors for Ma's immediate family?
(a) Her older sister.
(b) Her younger sister.
(c) Her niece.
(d) Her cousin.

5. Hai and Bo took what action to keep Hai's children quiet as the patrol boats passed?
(a) They gagged the children.
(b) They threatened the children with violence.
(c) They injected the children with Valium.
(d) They blindfolded the children.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many young children are still in the home when Bo takes over most of the parenting?

2. Thi includes a portrait of her mother that Thi had drawn at what age?

3. A toddler-sized Bo is depicted as thinking, "YOU are not my papa" (115) after what event?

4. What two armies forced the Vietnamese people to uproot their rice in order to plant jute?

5. Who helps Ma to avoid the abortion she is technically required to have?

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