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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who helps Ma to avoid the abortion she is technically required to have?
(a) A student.
(b) Ma's mother.
(c) A teacher.
(d) A doctor.

2. In what city do Thi's memories of Bo "live" (64)?
(a) Miami.
(b) San Diego.
(c) New York City.
(d) San Francisco.

3. Chapter 5, entitled "Either, Or," revolves around which person?
(a) Ma.
(b) Lan.
(c) Bich.
(d) Bo.

4. Speaking about her mother, Ma says, "I hated it when my mother" (142) took what action?
(a) Hit the servants.
(b) Had parties.
(c) Went to bed for days.
(d) Left her alone in the house.

5. Bo says that when he was how old, his father had fallen in love with a neighbor?
(a) 12.
(b) 3.
(c) 8.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. What objects do communists call "capitalist filth" (220), according to Ma's instructions?

2. Bo says that before his final visit to see Bo, Bo's father had given what object to Ma?

3. In what level of school is Thi enrolled when she completes an oral history project?

4. Thi witnesses which person get spat on as he is called a racial slur?

5. Ngo Dinh Diem was the prime minister of what area of Vietnam when he decided to fight the Binh Xuyen?

(see the answer key)

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