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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many pages of strictly visual images does Bui use to depict the stars the night of the escape?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

2. Bo describes Thai Binh as "deep" what "territory" (164)?
(a) Stronghold.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Communist.
(d) Viet Minh.

3. Seats on the escape boat are described as being "bought in" what "or in promises of repayment" (229)?
(a) American currency.
(b) Vietnamese currency.
(c) French currency.
(d) Gold bars.

4. How old was Bo when he went to see his father in the North?
(a) 11.
(b) 21.
(c) 14.
(d) 19.

5. Ma says that her mother had taken what action whenever Thi had climbed into her lap?
(a) She had hugged Thi closer.
(b) She had pushed Thi away.
(c) She had complained aloud.
(d) She had needed to leave for work.

6. In what level of school is Thi enrolled when she completes an oral history project?
(a) Undergraduate work.
(b) High school.
(c) Graduate school.
(d) Trade school.

7. Bo names which person as providing him with the necessary documents to transfer to a school in Saigon?
(a) His school principal.
(b) His teacher.
(c) His father.
(d) His grandfather.

8. What objects do communists call "capitalist filth" (220), according to Ma's instructions?
(a) Movies.
(b) Dresses.
(c) Television.
(d) Books.

9. In his youth, Bo dyed his clothes what color in order to "look like a Communist" (155)?
(a) Pink.
(b) Gray.
(c) Red.
(d) Black.

10. Bo and Ma are depicted as hearing via what source that the Khmer Rouge have taken the capital of Cambodia?
(a) Secret meetings.
(b) Radio.
(c) Telephone chains.
(d) Television.

11. During Bo's father's visit, he told Bo that whose family was "too nguy" for him to "risk being associated" (224) with them?
(a) Ma.
(b) Travis.
(c) Lan.
(d) Tam.

12. Ma says that her father had been a what?
(a) A general.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A civil engineer.
(d) A soldier.

13. Bo describes the First Indochina War as lasting how long?
(a) Decades.
(b) A lifetime.
(c) A decade.
(d) A century.

14. Ngo Dinh Diem was the prime minister of what area of Vietnam when he decided to fight the Binh Xuyen?
(a) The South.
(b) The East.
(c) The West.
(d) The North.

15. What action had Bo's grandfather taken in relation to Bo's grandmother just before she had left forever?
(a) He had beaten Bo severely.
(b) He had spent her savings.
(c) He had been unfaithful.
(d) He had beaten her severely.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bo states that when the French lost the Indochina War, it had what effect on him?

2. The organizer of Bo and Ma's escape attempt has what name?

3. When Bo again lived with his grandmother and grandfather at the age of 14, of what material was their roof made?

4. On the same page that contains a unique type of media, Thi states, "We were now" what kind of "people" (267)?

5. Kieu is related to Thi in what way?

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