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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which members of her family does Thi interview for an oral history project and "the beginnings of this book" (136)?
(a) Bich and Bo.
(b) Ma, Bo, and Lan.
(c) Ma and Bo.
(d) Ma, Lan, and Bich.

2. What kind of darkness does Thi remember inside her childhood home?
(a) Ominous.
(b) Stifling.
(c) Claustrophobic.
(d) Soothing.

3. Ma says that she stayed in what types of schools throughout her "entire education" (140)?
(a) Vietnamese.
(b) Public.
(c) French.
(d) Korean.

4. Thi says that which city had a military presence that resulted in prejudice against Asians?
(a) San Diego.
(b) Whidbey Island.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Orlando.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Thi witnesses which person get spat on as he is called a racial slur?

3. According to Bo, who had accompanied him to see his father in 1954?

4. As a child, Thi imagined herself and her family becoming "a little more" (65) what each day?

5. What source does Thi NOT name among her childhood sources of knowledge about America?

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