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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) 19.
(b) 11.
(c) 14.
(d) 21.

2. In what year did Bo arrive in Saigon for the first time?
(a) 1961.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1973.

3. Bo tells Thi that when he was what age, his grandfather had enrolled Bo in a French school?
(a) 16.
(b) 5.
(c) 12.
(d) 8.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city do Thi's memories of Bo "live" (64)?

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

3. Thi says that which city had a military presence that resulted in prejudice against Asians?

4. Bo states that when the French lost the Indochina War, it had what effect on him?

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

(see the answer key)

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