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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Once all of Thi's family lives in the same state, where does Ma live?
(a) In a hotel.
(b) In Bich's guest house.
(c) In Tam's backyard.
(d) In Thi's backyard.

2. What emotion does Thi feel when Ma brings up her own past suicide attempt?
(a) Fear.
(b) Empathy.
(c) Anger.
(d) Sadness.

3. Chapter 2: "Rewind, Reverse" begins in 2015, but quickly moves to what other year?
(a) 1999.
(b) 2001.
(c) 2006.
(d) 1987.

4. In what level of school is Thi enrolled when she completes an oral history project?
(a) Trade school.
(b) Undergraduate work.
(c) High school.
(d) Graduate school.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Thi includes a portrait of her mother that Thi had drawn at what age?

2. Thi states that to understand her father's personality, she needs to understand what happened to him during what time period?

3. What does Bo do while Ma is working at her first job in America?

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

5. Ma flies from California to attend the birth of which of her grandchildren?

(see the answer key)

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