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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. In what California city was the high school Bui helped to open?
(a) Oakland.
(b) Sacramento.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Los Angeles.

2. What procedure does Bui want to avoid if at all possible during the birth of her son?
(a) An episiotomy.
(b) A Caesarean section.
(c) An epidural.
(d) A repair of a genital tear.

3. Bui worries most about which aspect of her parenting while she is still in the hospital after having her son?
(a) Washing.
(b) Bonding.
(c) Breast-feeding.
(d) Holding.

4. What is Bui seeking when she meets with Viet Thanh Nguyen?
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Answers.
(c) Adventure.
(d) Peace.

5. In the preface of The Best We Could Do, Bui states that the "seeds of this book were planted" in what year?
(a) 1998.
(b) 1996.
(c) 2002.
(d) 2006.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 2: "Rewind, Reverse" begins in 2015, but quickly moves to what other year?

2. Bui tells Nguyen that she had gotten good grades and taken what other action in order to get scholarships?

3. Once all of Thi's family lives in the same state, where does Ma live?

4. The action Bui's heart takes when she sees the surgical instrument is the same she remembers from a time when Bo had talked openly about what subject?

5. Who is Travis?

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