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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which family member of Ma's was the one to act as a United State sponsors for Ma's immediate family?
(a) Her niece.
(b) Her older sister.
(c) Her younger sister.
(d) Her cousin.

2. Thi witnesses which person get spat on as he is called a racial slur?
(a) Lan.
(b) Ma.
(c) Bo.
(d) Tam.

3. What objects do communists call "capitalist filth" (220), according to Ma's instructions?
(a) Television.
(b) Movies.
(c) Books.
(d) Dresses.

4. On the same page that contains a unique type of media, Thi states, "We were now" what kind of "people" (267)?
(a) Boat.
(b) Poor.
(c) American.
(d) Immigrant.

5. Bo explains that "Saigon had its own" what called "the Binh Xuyen" (176)?
(a) Government.
(b) Mafia.
(c) Shipping port.
(d) Problems.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Japan send troops to "block Chinese supply routes" (102)?

2. In what location does Tam hide when things are tense in the house?

3. Bui describes her family as fleeing from one country and starting over in another during what decade?

4. When Bui feels a particular emotion after the birth of her son, a "wave of" (22) what emotion for Ma washes over her?

5. Who is Travis?

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