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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year does Ma say she was born?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1943.
(d) 1959.

2. Bui tells Nguyen that she had gotten good grades and taken what other action in order to get scholarships?
(a) Worked three jobs.
(b) Performed hundreds of hours of community service.
(c) Run for Class President.
(d) Been the valedictorian of her class.

3. Thi recalls that one day her family received a box full of what objects from Vietnam?
(a) Documents.
(b) Letters.
(c) Photographs.
(d) Records.

4. Lan had moved out of the family home due to problems with whom?
(a) Bo.
(b) Bich.
(c) Thi.
(d) Ma.

5. Viet Thanh Nguyen describes Vietnamese refugees in what California city in the 1980s?
(a) Sacramento.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Oakland.
(d) San Jose.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ma flies from California to attend the birth of which of her grandchildren?

2. Thi mentions that she used to think of her mother as what type of royal family member?

3. Bo explains that "Saigon had its own" what called "the Binh Xuyen" (176)?

4. In what country does Ma say she was born?

5. Throughout the memoir, Bo's grandfather is referred to as what type of gentleman?

(see the answer key)

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