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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the earliest date included on the visual timeline of Vietnam's history that Bui includes before Chapter 1?
(a) 1345 A.D.
(b) 354 A.D.
(c) 111 B.C.
(d) 740 B.C.

2. Thi states that to understand her father's personality, she needs to understand what happened to him during what time period?
(a) When he was a little boy.
(b) When he was a teenager.
(c) When he was a young man.
(d) When he was an infant.

3. Transcripts of whose voices formed the foundation of the memoir's creation?
(a) Bui's aunts and uncles.
(b) Bui's siblings.
(c) Bui's parents.
(d) Bui's grandparents.

4. Ma says that her father had been a what?
(a) A civil engineer.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A general.
(d) A soldier.

5. Thi describes the city of Hai Phong by using what noun?
(a) Oasis.
(b) Metropolis.
(c) Heaven.
(d) Seaport.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bo says that eventually, the land reforms resulted in the deaths of how many people?

2. Bo describes Thai Binh as "deep" what "territory" (164)?

3. Viet Thanh Nguyen describes Vietnamese refugees in what California city in the 1980s?

4. Bo describes the "land reforms" (169) as a "process of" (169) as taking what action in relation to society?

5. Ma shares that she had loved what activity as a child?

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