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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Bo, who had accompanied him to see his father in 1954?
(a) Bo's mother.
(b) Bo's grandmother.
(c) Bo's brother.
(d) Bo's grandfather.

2. What procedure does Bui want to avoid if at all possible during the birth of her son?
(a) An epidural.
(b) A repair of a genital tear.
(c) A Caesarean section.
(d) An episiotomy.

3. Thi says that Bo had fished for what kind of creatures in his childhood spent in Hai Phong?
(a) Flounder.
(b) Catfish.
(c) Crawfish.
(d) Shrimp.

4. Thi includes a portrait of her mother that Thi had drawn at what age?
(a) 10.
(b) 14.
(c) 12.
(d) 8.

5. Bui states in the Preface that she helped to open what sort of high school?
(a) Drama.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Alternative.
(d) Magnet.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After moving her own family to be closer to her parents, Thi realizes that what two elements are "not the same" (31)?

3. What action had Bo's grandfather taken in relation to Bo's grandmother just before she had left forever?

4. Thi states in Chapter 2 that she has "figured out, more or less, how to" (29) take what action in regard to her "little family" (29)?

5. Which members of her family does Thi interview for an oral history project and "the beginnings of this book" (136)?

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