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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Defection.
(b) Sex.
(c) Rape.
(d) American soldiers.

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

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

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

5. Viet Thanh Nguyen describes Vietnamese refugees in what California city in the 1980s?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) San Jose.
(c) Sacramento.
(d) Oakland.

6. What adjective does Thi use to describe the "demons" (68) from her parents' pasts that had haunted Thi's childhood home?
(a) Evil.
(b) Unexorcised.
(c) Deceptive.
(d) Relentless.

7. When Bui feels a particular emotion after the birth of her son, a "wave of" (22) what emotion for Ma washes over her?
(a) Anger.
(b) Empathy.
(c) Nostalgia.
(d) Sadness.

8. 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)?
(a) Deceive.
(b) Impress.
(c) Raise.
(d) Appease.

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

10. Thi and her siblings go to bed at what time every night while under the care of Bo?
(a) Nine o'clock.
(b) They do not have a bedtime.
(c) Midnight.
(d) Seven o'clock.

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

12. What is Bui seeking when she meets with Viet Thanh Nguyen?
(a) Answers.
(b) Wisdom.
(c) Adventure.
(d) Peace.

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

14. In what city do Thi's memories of Bo "live" (64)?
(a) New York City.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Miami.
(d) San Diego.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Chapter 2 begins in 2015, in what California city is it set?

2. Bui describes her family as fleeing from one country and starting over in another during what decade?

3. Bo says that when he was how old, his father had fallen in love with a neighbor?

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

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

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