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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Beef.
(b) Liverwurst.
(c) Sausage.
(d) Pork.

2. What two words does Ma say when Bui announces that she and her boyfriend are going to live together?
(a) I see.
(b) Please no.
(c) Not yet.
(d) No way.

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

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

5. Throughout the memoir, Bo's grandfather is referred to as what type of gentleman?
(a) Leisurely.
(b) Careful.
(c) Dapper.
(d) Cunning.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Travis?

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

3. When the nurse brings in a tray of surgical instruments, Bui feels her heart take what action?

4. What "immense" (22) emotion does Bui feel after giving birth to her son?

5. Bui names Viet Thanh Nguyen as the winner of what sort of award?

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