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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 happened during the very last time Bo ever saw his mother?
(a) Bo's father beat up his mother and threw her out.
(b) Bo's mother kissed him goodbye and told him to be good.
(c) Bo's grandfather beat up Bo's grandmother.
(d) Bo's mother crossed the border into China.

2. Bo states that when the French lost the Indochina War, it had what effect on him?
(a) He could no longer pursue his education.
(b) His grandfather was killed.
(c) His school closed down.
(d) Many of his family members were killed.

3. Thi mentions that she used to think of her mother as what type of royal family member?
(a) A queen.
(b) A duchess.
(c) A dauphine.
(d) A princess.

4. A toddler-sized Bo is depicted as thinking, "YOU are not my papa" (115) after what event?
(a) His father beats him severely.
(b) His father becomes a Communist.
(c) His father beats Bo's mother severely.
(d) His father marries again.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Bo's reply when Ma tells him that she had been given a particular object by Bo's father?

2. Bui describes her family as fleeing from one country and starting over in another during what decade?

3. What quality of Ma's voice had Thi loved as a child?

4. At the end of Chapter 9, "Fire and Ash," who saves the family by evacuating the burning building?

5. Bo describes the "land reforms" (169) as a "process of" (169) as taking what action in relation to society?

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