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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bui states in the Preface that she helped to open what sort of high school?
(a) Magnet.
(b) Drama.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Alternative.

2. Thi says that Bo had fished for what kind of creatures in his childhood spent in Hai Phong?
(a) Crawfish.
(b) Catfish.
(c) Flounder.
(d) Shrimp.

3. The city of Hai Phong is how far away from the border of China?
(a) 500 kilometers.
(b) 50 kilometers.
(c) 100 kilometers.
(d) 200 kilometers.

4. Bui worries most about which aspect of her parenting while she is still in the hospital after having her son?
(a) Breast-feeding.
(b) Bonding.
(c) Holding.
(d) Washing.

5. What is Bo's reply when Ma tells him that she had been given a particular object by Bo's father?
(a) Throw it away.
(b) Burn it.
(c) Crush it.
(d) Sell it.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Bo and Ma are depicted as hearing via what source that the Khmer Rouge have taken the capital of Cambodia?

3. The last time Bo saw his mother was in what year?

4. Speaking about her mother, Ma says, "I hated it when my mother" (142) took what action?

5. How old was Thi when The Best We Could Do was published?

(see the answer key)

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