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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. Thi states in Chapter 2 that she has "figured out, more or less, how to" (29) take what action in regard to her "little family" (29)?
(a) Appease.
(b) Raise.
(c) Impress.
(d) Deceive.

2. 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?
(a) Sex.
(b) American soldiers.
(c) Defection.
(d) Rape.

3. What two words does Ma say when Bui announces that she and her boyfriend are going to live together?
(a) Not yet.
(b) No way.
(c) Please no.
(d) I see.

4. What "immense" (22) emotion does Bui feel after giving birth to her son?
(a) Responsibility.
(b) Relief.
(c) Euphoria.
(d) Anxiety.

5. In the panel depicting Thi's family members, Bich says, "It's pronounced" (29) in what way?
(a) Bict.
(b) Beek.
(c) Bick.
(d) Bitch.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Chapter 2 begins in 2015, in what California city is it set?

2. Bui names Viet Thanh Nguyen as the winner of what sort of award?

3. Transcripts of whose voices formed the foundation of the memoir's creation?

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

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

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