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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 is the earliest date included on the visual timeline of Vietnam's history that Bui includes before Chapter 1?
(a) 740 B.C.
(b) 1345 A.D.
(c) 354 A.D.
(d) 111 B.C.

2. In what city do Thi's memories of Bo "live" (64)?
(a) New York City.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Miami.
(d) San Diego.

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

4. Bui states in the Preface that she helped to open what sort of high school?
(a) Drama.
(b) Magnet.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Alternative.

5. The city of Hai Phong is how far away from the border of China?
(a) 500 kilometers.
(b) 100 kilometers.
(c) 50 kilometers.
(d) 200 kilometers.

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

3. With what assessment of Ma's does Bo disagree in Chapter 3?

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

5. What does Bo do while Ma is working at her first job in America?

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