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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Thi and her siblings go to bed at what time every night while under the care of Bo?
(a) Midnight.
(b) Seven o'clock.
(c) They do not have a bedtime.
(d) Nine o'clock.

2. Bui states in the Preface that she helped to open what sort of high school?
(a) Drama.
(b) Magnet.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Alternative.

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)?
(a) Raise.
(b) Impress.
(c) Appease.
(d) Deceive.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what location does Tam hide when things are tense in the house?

2. Thi states that her parents had escaped from Vietnam by using what form of transport?

3. Thi says that Bo had fished for what kind of creatures in his childhood spent in Hai Phong?

4. To what state do Thi and her family move in an effort to be emotionally closer to her parents?

5. In what California city was the high school Bui helped to open?

Short Essay Questions

1. What dangerous action does Bo take regularly throughout Thi's childhood?

2. Thi likens the way she feels at the sight of the surgical instruments to what scene from her childhood?

3. What is the strongest emotion Thi feels toward Bo toward the end of her adolescence?

4. What food always brings comfort to Thi and why?

5. As a young child, Thi imagines the lights of the cars on the highway as what other objects?

6. How does the doctor respond to Thi's question about her child's birth?

7. How does Bui incorporate foreshadowing in her creation of The Best We Could Do?

8. What major change do Thi and Travis undertake in 2006 and why?

9. In what time and place does the opening scene of The Best We Could Do begin?

10. What are the qualities of Thi's memories about her childhood home in San Diego?

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