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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year does Thi move with her husband and son from New York City to a new place?
(a) 2002.
(b) 2013.
(c) 2006.
(d) 1999.

2. In what year did Japan send troops to occupy northern French Indochina?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1921.
(d) 1940.

3. Chapter 5, entitled "Either, Or," revolves around which person?
(a) Bich.
(b) Bo.
(c) Ma.
(d) Lan.

4. Thi says that the last time Bo saw his mother was during "the height of the" (111) what?
(a) Famine.
(b) The war between China and Japan.
(c) Cold War.
(d) Depression.

5. Ma flies from California to attend the birth of which of her grandchildren?
(a) Her fourth.
(b) Her third.
(c) Her first.
(d) Her eighth.

Short Answer Questions

1. The violence in Saigon resulted in the destruction of whose opium?

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

3. What is Bui seeking when she meets with Viet Thanh Nguyen?

4. Bo explains that "Saigon had its own" what called "the Binh Xuyen" (176)?

5. Transcripts of whose voices formed the foundation of the memoir's creation?

(see the answer key)

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