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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bo explains that the term "nguy" (221) could be applied to anyone in what location?
(a) In the East.
(b) In the South.
(c) In the West.
(d) In the North.

2. Bo states that "The New Economic Zones" (222) were actually what?
(a) Concentration camps.
(b) Slums.
(c) Labor camps.
(d) Marshes.

3. Bo is depicted as taking the rest of the family to what type of location after Ma leaves for the hospital?
(a) A refugee camp.
(b) A marketplace.
(c) A hotel.
(d) A community center.

4. How many months' pregnant was Ma when she and Bo planned their escape?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 8.
(d) 6.

5. What is Bo's reply when Ma tells him that she had been given a particular object by Bo's father?
(a) Burn it.
(b) Sell it.
(c) Crush it.
(d) Throw it away.

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

7. In what year did Bo arrive in Saigon for the first time?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1973.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1961.

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

9. In what year did the event take place that "the victors" call "Liberation Day" (211)?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1975.
(c) 1963.
(d) 1972.

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

11. Kieu is related to Thi in what way?
(a) Cousins.
(b) Aunt and niece.
(c) Sisters-in-law.
(d) Sisters.

12. In what year did Bo's father visit, "bringing news from the North" (223)?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1976.
(d) 1981.

13. On the same page that contains a unique type of media, Thi states, "We were now" what kind of "people" (267)?
(a) Immigrant.
(b) American.
(c) Poor.
(d) Boat.

14. What type of media is included within Chapter 8 that appears nowhere else in the memoir?
(a) Calligraphy.
(b) A bar graph.
(c) Sheets of music.
(d) Photography.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Ma shares that she had loved what activity as a child?

2. Bo names which person as providing him with the necessary documents to transfer to a school in Saigon?

3. Chapter 5, entitled "Either, Or," revolves around which person?

4. Ma avoids the abortion required by new what?

5. Bo tells Thi that when he was what age, his grandfather had enrolled Bo in a French school?

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