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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 did Bo arrive in Saigon for the first time?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1973.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1955.

2. For what purpose is jute NOT said to be used?
(a) Sandbags.
(b) Paper.
(c) Rope.
(d) Twine.

3. 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)?
(a) Bich.
(b) Bo.
(c) Lan.
(d) Ma.

4. According to Bo, who had accompanied him to see his father in 1954?
(a) Bo's brother.
(b) Bo's grandmother.
(c) Bo's mother.
(d) Bo's grandfather.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What objects do communists call "capitalist filth" (220), according to Ma's instructions?

2. What two armies forced the Vietnamese people to uproot their rice in order to plant jute?

3. What adjective does Thi use to describe the "demons" (68) from her parents' pasts that had haunted Thi's childhood home?

4. Kieu is related to Thi in what way?

5. What type of media is included within Chapter 8 that appears nowhere else in the memoir?

(see the answer key)

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