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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Seats on the escape boat are described as being "bought in" what "or in promises of repayment" (229)?
(a) French currency.
(b) Gold bars.
(c) American currency.
(d) Vietnamese currency.

2. How old is the only child of Bo and Ma when people start to say that Saigon will "become a sea of blood" (214)?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 3 months.

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

4. What action had Bo's grandfather taken in relation to Bo's grandmother just before she had left forever?
(a) He had beaten her severely.
(b) He had spent her savings.
(c) He had been unfaithful.
(d) He had beaten Bo severely.

5. Who helps Ma to avoid the abortion she is technically required to have?
(a) A student.
(b) Ma's mother.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ma shares that she had loved what activity as a child?

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

3. A toddler-sized Bo is depicted as thinking, "YOU are not my papa" (115) after what event?

4. Thi makes a point of saying that only when which person had returned to the fold of the family did "order and comfort return" (266)?

5. Thi and her siblings go to bed at what time every night while under the care of Bo?

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