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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 9, "Fire and Ash," who saves the family by evacuating the burning building?
(a) Tam.
(b) Lan.
(c) Thi.
(d) Ma.

2. When Chapter 2 begins in 2015, in what California city is it set?
(a) Sacramento.
(b) Santa Clara.
(c) San Jose.
(d) Berkeley.

3. Bo describes Thai Binh as "deep" what "territory" (164)?
(a) Communist.
(b) Stronghold.
(c) Poverty.
(d) Viet Minh.

4. Thi describes the city of Hai Phong by using what noun?
(a) Heaven.
(b) Seaport.
(c) Oasis.
(d) Metropolis.

5. Chapter 10 takes place in what location?
(a) Miami.
(b) Thailand.
(c) Vietnam.
(d) New York City.

Short Answer Questions

1. Thi uses the last line of the memoir to state that she thinks "maybe" who "can be free" (329)?

2. Thi says that Ma's friends would often tell Thi that she looked like her mother, "but not as" (132) what?

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

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

5. Thi says that Bo had fished for what kind of creatures in his childhood spent in Hai Phong?

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