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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Preface and Chapters 1-2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Viet Thanh Nguyen describes Vietnamese refugees in what California city in the 1980s?
(a) Sacramento.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) San Jose.
(d) Oakland.

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

3. The preface of the graphic memoir is dated July of what year?
(a) 2004.
(b) 2012.
(c) 2014.
(d) 2016.

4. What emotion does Thi feel when Ma brings up her own past suicide attempt?
(a) Empathy.
(b) Anger.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Fear.

5. Bui describes her family as fleeing from one country and starting over in another during what decade?
(a) The 1980s.
(b) The 1970s.
(c) The 1960s.
(d) The 1950s.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Bui states in the Preface that she helped to open what sort of high school?

3. What is Bui seeking when she meets with Viet Thanh Nguyen?

4. Bui worries most about which aspect of her parenting while she is still in the hospital after having her son?

5. In what California city was the high school Bui helped to open?

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