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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chapter 3 begins in what location?
(a) Peru.
(b) Berkeley.
(c) Vietnam.
(d) Miami.

2. How many young children are still in the home when Bo takes over most of the parenting?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

3. Bo explains that "Saigon had its own" what called "the Binh Xuyen" (176)?
(a) Problems.
(b) Shipping port.
(c) Government.
(d) Mafia.

4. What adjective does Thi use to describe the "demons" (68) from her parents' pasts that had haunted Thi's childhood home?
(a) Unexorcised.
(b) Evil.
(c) Relentless.
(d) Deceptive.

5. The city of Hai Phong is how far away from the border of China?
(a) 100 kilometers.
(b) 50 kilometers.
(c) 200 kilometers.
(d) 500 kilometers.

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. Chapter 8, entitled "The Shore" begins in what type of setting?

3. According to Bo, who had accompanied him to see his father in 1954?

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

5. When Bo again lived with his grandmother and grandfather at the age of 14, of what material was their roof made?

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