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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Thi says that the last time Bo saw his mother was during "the height of the" (111) what?
(a) Depression.
(b) Cold War.
(c) Famine.
(d) The war between China and Japan.

3. When Bui feels a particular emotion after the birth of her son, a "wave of" (22) what emotion for Ma washes over her?
(a) Nostalgia.
(b) Empathy.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Anger.

4. What "immense" (22) emotion does Bui feel after giving birth to her son?
(a) Anxiety.
(b) Responsibility.
(c) Relief.
(d) Euphoria.

5. Thi tells a story about her Bo that involves what kind of body of water in Hai Phong?
(a) A marsh.
(b) A pond.
(c) A lake.
(d) A bay.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Thi states that to understand her father's personality, she needs to understand what happened to him during what time period?

4. What adjective does Thi use to describe the "demons" (68) from her parents' pasts that had haunted Thi's childhood home?

5. Bo recalls how in the midst of starvation, his mother had sometimes been able to buy a small piece of what type of meat to share only with Bo?

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