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

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 grandfather beat up Bo's grandmother.
(c) Bo's mother crossed the border into China.
(d) Bo's mother kissed him goodbye and told him to be good.

2. Ma says that her mother had taken what action whenever Thi had climbed into her lap?
(a) She had pushed Thi away.
(b) She had complained aloud.
(c) She had needed to leave for work.
(d) She had hugged Thi closer.

3. Transcripts of whose voices formed the foundation of the memoir's creation?
(a) Bui's siblings.
(b) Bui's grandparents.
(c) Bui's parents.
(d) Bui's aunts and uncles.

4. As a child, Thi imagined herself and her family becoming "a little more" (65) what each day?
(a) Resentful.
(b) American.
(c) Assimilated.
(d) Prosperous.

5. Thi says that Bo had fished for what kind of creatures in his childhood spent in Hai Phong?
(a) Flounder.
(b) Catfish.
(c) Crawfish.
(d) Shrimp.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the oldest of Bui's sisters?

2. Thi recalls that which person had talked more openly with Travis than she had with Thi?

3. 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?

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

5. When Bich runs away from home, Ma takes what action?

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