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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened during the very last time Bo ever saw his mother?
(a) Bo's father beat up his mother and threw her out.
(b) Bo's mother crossed the border into China.
(c) Bo's grandfather beat up Bo's grandmother.
(d) Bo's mother kissed him goodbye and told him to be good.

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

3. What does Bo do while Ma is working at her first job in America?
(a) He stays home with the children.
(b) He puts together circuit boards from home.
(c) He works as a tutor from home.
(d) He hangs out in the backyard.

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

5. Throughout the memoir, Bo's grandfather is referred to as what type of gentleman?
(a) Careful.
(b) Leisurely.
(c) Cunning.
(d) Dapper.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bui tells Nguyen that she had done what it took to get out of what California city?

2. How many young children are still in the home when Bo takes over most of the parenting?

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

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

5. Once all of Thi's family lives in the same state, where does Ma live?

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