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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Throughout the memoir, Bo's grandfather is referred to as what type of gentleman?
(a) Leisurely.
(b) Cunning.
(c) Careful.
(d) Dapper.

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

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

4. Bui tells Nguyen that she had done what it took to get out of what California city?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) San Diego.
(d) Sacramento.

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

6. Ma alleges that Bo had been taking what action during the birth of one of their children?
(a) Gambling.
(b) Chopping wood.
(c) Attending the movies.
(d) Drinking at the bar.

7. What happened during the very last time Bo ever saw his mother?
(a) Bo's father beat up his mother and threw her out.
(b) Bo's mother crossed the border into China.
(c) Bo's mother kissed him goodbye and told him to be good.
(d) Bo's grandfather beat up Bo's grandmother.

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

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

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

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. Ma flies from California to attend the birth of which of her grandchildren?
(a) Her third.
(b) Her eighth.
(c) Her first.
(d) Her fourth.

13. What "immense" (22) emotion does Bui feel after giving birth to her son?
(a) Euphoria.
(b) Responsibility.
(c) Anxiety.
(d) Relief.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Thi witnesses which person get spat on as he is called a racial slur?

2. Bui states in the Preface that she helped to open what sort of high school?

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. For what purpose is jute NOT said to be used?

5. Transcripts of whose voices formed the foundation of the memoir's creation?

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