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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Bo when he went to see his father in the North?
(a) 11.
(b) 19.
(c) 14.
(d) 21.

2. 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?
(a) American soldiers.
(b) Defection.
(c) Sex.
(d) Rape.

3. When Chapter 2 begins in 2015, in what California city is it set?
(a) Sacramento.
(b) Berkeley.
(c) Santa Clara.
(d) San Jose.

4. Ma's first job in America requires putting what objects together?
(a) Microchips.
(b) Adoptive families.
(c) Boxes.
(d) Circuit boards.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what level of school is Thi enrolled when she completes an oral history project?

3. Bo names which person as providing him with the necessary documents to transfer to a school in Saigon?

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

5. The violence in Saigon resulted in the destruction of whose opium?

(see the answer key)

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