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

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

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

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

5. Thi states that her parents had escaped from Vietnam by using what form of transport?
(a) A bus.
(b) A train.
(c) A boat.
(d) A plane.

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

3. In what year does Thi move with her husband and son from New York City to a new place?

4. Lan had moved out of the family home due to problems with whom?

5. In the preface of The Best We Could Do, Bui states that the "seeds of this book were planted" in what year?

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