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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Bo says that eventually, the land reforms resulted in the deaths of how many people?
(a) 10,000.
(b) 220,000.
(c) 50,000.
(d) 100,000.

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

5. When Bo again lived with his grandmother and grandfather at the age of 14, of what material was their roof made?
(a) Palm leaves.
(b) Corrugated metal.
(c) Cardboard.
(d) Canvas.

6. What is NOT a meaning of the word "nguy" (221) according to Bo?
(a) Lying.
(b) False.
(c) Deceitful.
(d) Manipulative.

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

8. Bo states that when the French lost the Indochina War, it had what effect on him?
(a) He could no longer pursue his education.
(b) His grandfather was killed.
(c) His school closed down.
(d) Many of his family members were killed.

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

10. Who helps Ma to avoid the abortion she is technically required to have?
(a) Ma's mother.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A student.
(d) A doctor.

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

12. Thi says that Ma's friends would often tell Thi that she looked like her mother, "but not as" (132) what?
(a) Gracious.
(b) Pretty.
(c) Fashionable.
(d) Mature.

13. The destruction of whose only assets led to their return to a situation of domestic violence?
(a) Bo's grandfather.
(b) Lan.
(c) Bo's grandmother.
(d) Ma.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Thi makes a point of saying that only when which person had returned to the fold of the family did "order and comfort return" (266)?

2. What objects do communists call "capitalist filth" (220), according to Ma's instructions?

3. The Bui family's "neighborhood monitor" (221) is also referred to by what term?

4. Bo says that before his final visit to see Bo, Bo's father had given what object to Ma?

5. Thi compares her excitement upon arriving in what city for the first time to Bo's excitement when he first arrived in Saigon?

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