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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the nurse brings in a tray of surgical instruments, Bui feels her heart take what action?
(a) Move into her throat.
(b) Drop.
(c) Skip a beat.
(d) Go black.

2. In the preface of The Best We Could Do, Bui states that the "seeds of this book were planted" in what year?
(a) 2006.
(b) 1998.
(c) 2002.
(d) 1996.

3. The last time Bo saw his mother was in what year?
(a) 1951.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1959.

4. Thi states that her parents had escaped from Vietnam by using what form of transport?
(a) A bus.
(b) A train.
(c) A plane.
(d) A boat.

5. Thi includes a portrait of her mother that Thi had drawn at what age?
(a) 12.
(b) 14.
(c) 10.
(d) 8.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two words does Ma say when Bui announces that she and her boyfriend are going to live together?

2. What quality of Ma's voice had Thi loved as a child?

3. What movie does Thi recall watching at the age of 5?

4. Bo says that eventually, the land reforms resulted in the deaths of how many people?

5. When the South Vietnamese withdrew, the people in what area were advised to evacuate?

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