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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. Transcripts of whose voices formed the foundation of the memoir's creation?
(a) Bui's aunts and uncles.
(b) Bui's parents.
(c) Bui's siblings.
(d) Bui's grandparents.

2. Thi describes the city of Hai Phong by using what noun?
(a) Oasis.
(b) Heaven.
(c) Seaport.
(d) Metropolis.

3. Ma alleges that Bo had been taking what action during the birth of one of their children?
(a) Attending the movies.
(b) Chopping wood.
(c) Gambling.
(d) Drinking at the bar.

4. To what state do Thi and her family move in an effort to be emotionally closer to her parents?
(a) California.
(b) Florida.
(c) Maine.
(d) Oregon.

5. What two armies forced the Vietnamese people to uproot their rice in order to plant jute?
(a) French and Japanese.
(b) Korean and Indonesian.
(c) Chinese and Japanese.
(d) Chinese and Korean.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what assessment of Ma's does Bo disagree in Chapter 3?

2. Thi and her siblings go to bed at what time every night while under the care of Bo?

3. When Bich runs away from home, Ma takes what action?

4. In what year did Japan send troops to "block Chinese supply routes" (102)?

5. Who is the oldest of Bui's sisters?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what reason is Bo unable to teach in the United States, though he had taught in Vietnam?

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

3. What event within her adolescence does Thi describe as "living the dream" "for an immigrant kid" (24)?

4. Explain the nature of the present-day relationship between Bo and Ma.

5. For what purpose does Bui begin Chapter 2: "Rewind, Reverse" in a particular place and then change to a different era on the very next page?

6. What event causes a very young Bo to mentally disown his father?

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

10. For what purpose are allusions to heaven and hell included in Chapter 3?

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