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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A toddler-sized Bo is depicted as thinking, "YOU are not my papa" (115) after what event?
(a) His father marries again.
(b) His father beats Bo's mother severely.
(c) His father becomes a Communist.
(d) His father beats him severely.

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

3. Thi says that Ma's friends would often tell Thi that she looked like her mother, "but not as" (132) what?
(a) Mature.
(b) Fashionable.
(c) Pretty.
(d) Gracious.

4. Ngo Dinh Diem was the prime minister of what area of Vietnam when he decided to fight the Binh Xuyen?
(a) The South.
(b) The North.
(c) The East.
(d) The West.

5. Thi states that her "memories of [Bo] live in" (64) what kind of dwelling?
(a) A park.
(b) An apartment building.
(c) A bank.
(d) A grocery store.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bui describes her family as fleeing from one country and starting over in another during what decade?

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

3. What sort of merchant had poisoned the waters near Bo's boyhood home?

4. Bui worries most about which aspect of her parenting while she is still in the hospital after having her son?

5. What source does Thi NOT name among her childhood sources of knowledge about America?

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