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

2. Ma flies from California to attend the birth of which of her grandchildren?
(a) Her first.
(b) Her third.
(c) Her eighth.
(d) Her fourth.

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

4. When Bui feels a particular emotion after the birth of her son, a "wave of" (22) what emotion for Ma washes over her?
(a) Empathy.
(b) Anger.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Nostalgia.

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

Short Answer 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)?

2. Who is Travis?

3. What is Bui seeking when she meets with Viet Thanh Nguyen?

4. 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?

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

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