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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. 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.

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

3. In what year does Thi move with her husband and son from New York City to a new place?
(a) 2006.
(b) 1999.
(c) 2013.
(d) 2002.

4. Chapter 2: "Rewind, Reverse" begins in 2015, but quickly moves to what other year?
(a) 1987.
(b) 1999.
(c) 2006.
(d) 2001.

5. Lan had moved out of the family home due to problems with whom?
(a) Bich.
(b) Thi.
(c) Bo.
(d) Ma.

Short Answer Questions

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

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?

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

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

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

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