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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Pork.
(d) Liverwurst.

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

4. What two armies forced the Vietnamese people to uproot their rice in order to plant jute?
(a) Chinese and Japanese.
(b) French and Japanese.
(c) Korean and Indonesian.
(d) Chinese and Korean.

5. What does Bo do while Ma is working at her first job in America?
(a) He puts together circuit boards from home.
(b) He stays home with the children.
(c) He works as a tutor from home.
(d) He hangs out in the backyard.

6. In what location does Tam hide when things are tense in the house?
(a) The closet.
(b) The attic.
(c) The treehouse.
(d) The cellar.

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

8. After moving her own family to be closer to her parents, Thi realizes that what two elements are "not the same" (31)?
(a) Beauty and wisdom.
(b) Nostalgia and memory.
(c) Proximity and closeness.
(d) Safety and security.

9. Bui describes her family as fleeing from one country and starting over in another during what decade?
(a) The 1960s.
(b) The 1950s.
(c) The 1980s.
(d) The 1970s.

10. What two words does Ma say when Bui announces that she and her boyfriend are going to live together?
(a) Please no.
(b) No way.
(c) I see.
(d) Not yet.

11. In the panel depicting Thi's family members, Bich says, "It's pronounced" (29) in what way?
(a) Bitch.
(b) Bick.
(c) Bict.
(d) Beek.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What emotion does Thi feel when Ma brings up her own past suicide attempt?

2. Bui names Viet Thanh Nguyen as the winner of what sort of award?

3. When the nurse brings in a tray of surgical instruments, Bui feels her heart take what action?

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

5. Throughout the memoir, Bo's grandfather is referred to as what type of gentleman?

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