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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 states that "The New Economic Zones" (222) were actually what?
(a) Marshes.
(b) Concentration camps.
(c) Labor camps.
(d) Slums.

2. The destruction of whose only assets led to their return to a situation of domestic violence?
(a) Bo's grandmother.
(b) Ma.
(c) Lan.
(d) Bo's grandfather.

3. Thi says that the last time Bo saw his mother was during "the height of the" (111) what?
(a) Cold War.
(b) Depression.
(c) The war between China and Japan.
(d) Famine.

4. Who takes over caring for Bo's grandmother when Thi's family plans an escape?
(a) Ma's parents.
(b) Bo's uncle.
(c) Ma's aunts.
(d) Bo's grandfather.

5. Seats on the escape boat are described as being "bought in" what "or in promises of repayment" (229)?
(a) French currency.
(b) Gold bars.
(c) American currency.
(d) Vietnamese currency.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bo is depicted as taking the rest of the family to what type of location after Ma leaves for the hospital?

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

3. What action had Bo's grandfather taken in relation to Bo's grandmother just before she had left forever?

4. Thi recalls that which person had talked more openly with Travis than she had with Thi?

5. How many months' pregnant was Ma when she and Bo planned their escape?

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