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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what year did Japan send troops to "block Chinese supply routes" (102)?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1923.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1940.

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

4. Bo recalls how in the midst of starvation, his mother had sometimes been able to buy a small piece of what type of meat to share only with Bo?
(a) Sausage.
(b) Beef.
(c) Liverwurst.
(d) Pork.

5. A toddler-sized Bo is depicted as thinking, "YOU are not my papa" (115) after what event?
(a) His father becomes a Communist.
(b) His father marries again.
(c) His father beats Bo's mother severely.
(d) His father beats him severely.

6. Bui tells Nguyen that she had gotten good grades and taken what other action in order to get scholarships?
(a) Been the valedictorian of her class.
(b) Performed hundreds of hours of community service.
(c) Worked three jobs.
(d) Run for Class President.

7. Bo says that when he was how old, his father had fallen in love with a neighbor?
(a) 12.
(b) 8.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

8. Who is Travis?
(a) Bui's husband.
(b) Bui's nephew.
(c) Bui's father.
(d) Bui's uncle.

9. Thi tells a story about her Bo that involves what kind of body of water in Hai Phong?
(a) A marsh.
(b) A lake.
(c) A bay.
(d) A pond.

10. The preface of the graphic memoir is dated July of what year?
(a) 2016.
(b) 2014.
(c) 2012.
(d) 2004.

11. Thi says that which city had a military presence that resulted in prejudice against Asians?
(a) Orlando.
(b) San Diego.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Whidbey Island.

12. Transcripts of whose voices formed the foundation of the memoir's creation?
(a) Bui's aunts and uncles.
(b) Bui's grandparents.
(c) Bui's siblings.
(d) Bui's parents.

13. Thi witnesses which person get spat on as he is called a racial slur?
(a) Ma.
(b) Tam.
(c) Bo.
(d) Lan.

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

15. How many years after Ma's suicide attempt does she bring up the subject with Thi for the first time?
(a) 15.
(b) 20.
(c) 30.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Ma alleges that Bo had been taking what action during the birth of one of their children?

3. Thi states in Chapter 2 that she has "figured out, more or less, how to" (29) take what action in regard to her "little family" (29)?

4. What kind of darkness does Thi remember inside her childhood home?

5. The action Bui's heart takes when she sees the surgical instrument is the same she remembers from a time when Bo had talked openly about what subject?

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