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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. Once all of Thi's family lives in the same state, where does Ma live?
(a) In a hotel.
(b) In Bich's guest house.
(c) In Thi's backyard.
(d) In Tam's backyard.

2. To what state do Thi and her family move in an effort to be emotionally closer to her parents?
(a) Maine.
(b) California.
(c) Oregon.
(d) Florida.

3. 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) 2006.
(c) 2002.
(d) 1996.

4. Viet Thanh Nguyen describes Vietnamese refugees in what California city in the 1980s?
(a) Sacramento.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) San Jose.
(d) Oakland.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many years after Ma's suicide attempt does she bring up the subject with Thi for the first time?

3. Who is the oldest of Bui's sisters?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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