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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. Chapter 1, entitled "Labor," takes place in what location?
(a) New York.
(b) San Diego.
(c) Miami.
(d) San Francisco.

2. What is the earliest date included on the visual timeline of Vietnam's history that Bui includes before Chapter 1?
(a) 111 B.C.
(b) 1345 A.D.
(c) 740 B.C.
(d) 354 A.D.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. After moving her own family to be closer to her parents, Thi realizes that what two elements are "not the same" (31)?

4. When Bich runs away from home, Ma takes what action?

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

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