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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Viet Thanh Nguyen describes Vietnamese refugees in what California city in the 1980s?
(a) Oakland.
(b) Sacramento.
(c) San Jose.
(d) San Francisco.

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

3. Throughout the memoir, Bo's grandfather is referred to as what type of gentleman?
(a) Cunning.
(b) Dapper.
(c) Careful.
(d) Leisurely.

4. After moving her own family to be closer to her parents, Thi realizes that what two elements are "not the same" (31)?
(a) Safety and security.
(b) Beauty and wisdom.
(c) Nostalgia and memory.
(d) Proximity and closeness.

5. Thi compares her excitement upon arriving in what city for the first time to Bo's excitement when he first arrived in Saigon?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) New York City.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Thi depicts Ma's devotion to her children by showing Ma peeling what type of fruit?

4. Bo says that when he was how old, his father had fallen in love with a neighbor?

5. Ngo Dinh Diem was the prime minister of what area of Vietnam when he decided to fight the Binh Xuyen?

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