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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two armies forced the Vietnamese people to uproot their rice in order to plant jute?
(a) Korean and Indonesian.
(b) French and Japanese.
(c) Chinese and Korean.
(d) Chinese and Japanese.

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

3. Who is the oldest of Bui's sisters?
(a) Thanh.
(b) Bich.
(c) Bo.
(d) Lan.

4. Bo and Ma are depicted as hearing via what source that the Khmer Rouge have taken the capital of Cambodia?
(a) Secret meetings.
(b) Telephone chains.
(c) Television.
(d) Radio.

5. What action had Bo's grandfather taken in relation to Bo's grandmother just before she had left forever?
(a) He had been unfaithful.
(b) He had beaten Bo severely.
(c) He had spent her savings.
(d) He had beaten her severely.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the South Vietnamese withdrew, the people in what area were advised to evacuate?

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

3. Bui writes that whose "in-laws had found a boat for sale and wanted to escape the country" (227)?

4. Thi says that the last time Bo saw his mother was during "the height of the" (111) what?

5. In what year did Bo's father visit, "bringing news from the North" (223)?

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