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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. In what location does Tam hide when things are tense in the house?
(a) The attic.
(b) The treehouse.
(c) The closet.
(d) The cellar.

2. How old was Thi when her parents separated?
(a) 7.
(b) 13.
(c) 21.
(d) 19.

3. When Bui feels a particular emotion after the birth of her son, a "wave of" (22) what emotion for Ma washes over her?
(a) Anger.
(b) Nostalgia.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Empathy.

4. The preface of the graphic memoir is dated July of what year?
(a) 2012.
(b) 2016.
(c) 2004.
(d) 2014.

5. What source does Thi NOT name among her childhood sources of knowledge about America?
(a) Her sisters' attendance of school.
(b) Books.
(c) Ma's citizenship class.
(d) Television.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bo do while Ma is working at her first job in America?

2. In what city do Thi's memories of Bo "live" (64)?

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

4. What emotion does Thi feel when Ma brings up her own past suicide attempt?

5. For what purpose is jute NOT said to be used?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bui use visual elements to underscore her feelings about the doctor's answer to her question in the hospital?

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

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

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

5. What question does Thi ask the doctor when she is in labor with her child?

6. What is one element of Ma's parenting that Bui depicts as being different for each one of her children?

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

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

9. 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?

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

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