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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Thi depicts Ma's devotion to her children by showing Ma peeling what type of fruit?
(a) Grapes.
(b) Peaches.
(c) Plums.
(d) Strawberries.

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

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

4. Bo describes the "land reforms" (169) as a "process of" (169) as taking what action in relation to society?
(a) Destroying it.
(b) Uniting it.
(c) Reorganizing it.
(d) Strengthening it.

5. During Thi's parents' escape attempt, what happened to the boat?
(a) It hit a river island.
(b) It caught fire.
(c) It hit a rocky shore.
(d) It sank.

6. Who is Hai?
(a) Ma's cousin.
(b) Bich's husband.
(c) Bo's brother.
(d) Ma's brother.

7. The text states that "an estimated 94,000" soldiers from what country died trying to reclaim their country's colony?
(a) France.
(b) Italy.
(c) England.
(d) Spain.

8. Speaking about her mother, Ma says, "I hated it when my mother" (142) took what action?
(a) Had parties.
(b) Left her alone in the house.
(c) Went to bed for days.
(d) Hit the servants.

9. Chapter 5, entitled "Either, Or," revolves around which person?
(a) Ma.
(b) Bich.
(c) Bo.
(d) Lan.

10. Bo says that before his final visit to see Bo, Bo's father had given what object to Ma?
(a) A brooch.
(b) A bracelet.
(c) A ring.
(d) A necklace.

11. The Bui family's "neighborhood monitor" (221) is also referred to by what term?
(a) The cadre.
(b) The commander.
(c) The general.
(d) The magistrate.

12. Hai and Bo took what action to keep Hai's children quiet as the patrol boats passed?
(a) They blindfolded the children.
(b) They threatened the children with violence.
(c) They gagged the children.
(d) They injected the children with Valium.

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

14. On the first page of Chapter 7: "Heroes and Losers," Bui depicts a famous image of Saigon that includes what form of transportation?
(a) A tank.
(b) A helicopter.
(c) A biplane.
(d) A train.

15. Chapter 8, entitled "The Shore" begins in what type of setting?
(a) A hospital.
(b) A meadow.
(c) A school.
(d) A beach.

Short Answer Questions

1. The violence in Saigon resulted in the destruction of whose opium?

2. When Bo's father came to visit Bo, it had been how many years since they had seen one another?

3. Which members of her family does Thi interview for an oral history project and "the beginnings of this book" (136)?

4. Seats on the escape boat are described as being "bought in" what "or in promises of repayment" (229)?

5. Who helps Ma to avoid the abortion she is technically required to have?

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