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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ma's first job in America requires putting what objects together?
(a) Adoptive families.
(b) Microchips.
(c) Circuit boards.
(d) Boxes.

2. Lan had moved out of the family home due to problems with whom?
(a) Bo.
(b) Thi.
(c) Bich.
(d) Ma.

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

4. How old was Thi when her parents separated?
(a) 21.
(b) 7.
(c) 19.
(d) 13.

5. Thi states that her "memories of [Bo] live in" (64) what kind of dwelling?
(a) A bank.
(b) An apartment building.
(c) A park.
(d) A grocery store.

6. Chapter 2: "Rewind, Reverse" begins in 2015, but quickly moves to what other year?
(a) 2001.
(b) 2006.
(c) 1999.
(d) 1987.

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

8. Who is the oldest of Bui's sisters?
(a) Bich.
(b) Lan.
(c) Bo.
(d) Thanh.

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

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

11. Chapter 1, entitled "Labor," takes place in what location?
(a) New York.
(b) San Diego.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Miami.

12. What sort of merchant had poisoned the waters near Bo's boyhood home?
(a) A cook.
(b) A washerwoman.
(c) A fisherman.
(d) A fabric dyer.

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

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

15. For what reason is Bo unable to teach in America?
(a) His license is expired.
(b) His English is not strong enough.
(c) He does not have the money to travel to interviews.
(d) His license is not recognized in America.

Short Answer Questions

1. Viet Thanh Nguyen describes Vietnamese refugees in what California city in the 1980s?

2. With what assessment of Ma's does Bo disagree in Chapter 3?

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

4. In what year did Japan send troops to occupy northern French Indochina?

5. Thi states that her parents had escaped from Vietnam by using what form of transport?

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