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

2. Bui tells Nguyen that she had gotten good grades and taken what other action in order to get scholarships?
(a) Worked three jobs.
(b) Run for Class President.
(c) Performed hundreds of hours of community service.
(d) Been the valedictorian of her class.

3. 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.

4. How many years after Ma's suicide attempt does she bring up the subject with Thi for the first time?
(a) 5.
(b) 20.
(c) 30.
(d) 15.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Viet Thanh Nguyen describes Vietnamese refugees in what California city in the 1980s?

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

4. What emotion does Thi feel when Ma brings up her own past suicide attempt?

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

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