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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Thi describes the home Bo and Ma built around the family as what object?
(a) A nest.
(b) A bubble.
(c) A forcefield.
(d) A house made of glass.

3. What does Bo do while Ma is working at her first job in America?
(a) He works as a tutor from home.
(b) He hangs out in the backyard.
(c) He puts together circuit boards from home.
(d) He stays home with the children.

4. What was the cause of the fire in the Bui's home?
(a) Bo's cigarette.
(b) An accidental gas leak.
(c) A pan was left on the stove.
(d) A neighbor's cigarette.

5. To what state do Thi and her family move in an effort to be emotionally closer to her parents?
(a) California.
(b) Florida.
(c) Oregon.
(d) Maine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Thi recalls that one day her family received a box full of what objects from Vietnam?

2. Who helps Ma to avoid the abortion she is technically required to have?

3. Ma says that she stayed in what types of schools throughout her "entire education" (140)?

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. How many months' pregnant was Ma when she and Bo planned their escape?

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