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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is NOT a meaning of the word "nguy" (221) according to Bo?
(a) Lying.
(b) Manipulative.
(c) Deceitful.
(d) False.

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

3. In what country do the inhabitants of the boat disembark?
(a) Indonesia.
(b) Cambodia.
(c) Thailand.
(d) Malaysia.

4. In his youth, Bo dyed his clothes what color in order to "look like a Communist" (155)?
(a) Pink.
(b) Black.
(c) Gray.
(d) Red.

5. Which members of her family does Thi interview for an oral history project and "the beginnings of this book" (136)?
(a) Ma, Lan, and Bich.
(b) Bich and Bo.
(c) Ma and Bo.
(d) Ma, Bo, and Lan.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what assessment of Ma's does Bo disagree in Chapter 3?

2. As a child, Thi imagined herself and her family becoming "a little more" (65) what each day?

3. The last time Bo saw his mother was in what year?

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

5. Bo and Ma are depicted as hearing via what source that the Khmer Rouge have taken the capital of Cambodia?

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