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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Thi states that her "memories of [Bo] live in" (64) what kind of dwelling?
(a) A bank.
(b) An apartment building.
(c) A grocery store.
(d) A park.

3. Bui worries most about which aspect of her parenting while she is still in the hospital after having her son?
(a) Breast-feeding.
(b) Holding.
(c) Washing.
(d) Bonding.

4. Bui tells Nguyen that she had gotten good grades and taken what other action in order to get scholarships?
(a) Run for Class President.
(b) Performed hundreds of hours of community service.
(c) Worked three jobs.
(d) Been the valedictorian of her class.

5. 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)?
(a) Appease.
(b) Deceive.
(c) Impress.
(d) Raise.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bui describes her family as fleeing from one country and starting over in another during what decade?

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

3. What procedure does Bui want to avoid if at all possible during the birth of her son?

4. What "immense" (22) emotion does Bui feel after giving birth to her son?

5. To what state do Thi and her family move in an effort to be emotionally closer to her parents?

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