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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A toddler-sized Bo is depicted as thinking, "YOU are not my papa" (115) after what event?
(a) His father beats him severely.
(b) His father marries again.
(c) His father becomes a Communist.
(d) His father beats Bo's mother severely.

2. What constant within society does Thi had "riled [Ma] up" (225)?
(a) Famine.
(b) Neighborhood meetings.
(c) Surveillance.
(d) Work shortages.

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

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

5. How old was Bo when he went to see his father in the North?
(a) 14.
(b) 19.
(c) 21.
(d) 11.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is the only child of Bo and Ma when people start to say that Saigon will "become a sea of blood" (214)?

2. In what year did the event take place that "the victors" call "Liberation Day" (211)?

3. Bui worries most about which aspect of her parenting while she is still in the hospital after having her son?

4. Bui names Viet Thanh Nguyen as the winner of what sort of award?

5. Thi states in Chapter 2 that she has "figured out, more or less, how to" (29) take what action in regard to her "little family" (29)?

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