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

2. Ma says that her father had been a what?
(a) A civil engineer.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A soldier.
(d) A general.

3. Bo says that before his final visit to see Bo, Bo's father had given what object to Ma?
(a) A bracelet.
(b) A ring.
(c) A necklace.
(d) A brooch.

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

5. Who takes over caring for Bo's grandmother when Thi's family plans an escape?
(a) Bo's grandfather.
(b) Ma's aunts.
(c) Bo's uncle.
(d) Ma's parents.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bo describes the "land reforms" (169) as a "process of" (169) as taking what action in relation to society?

2. Who helps Ma to avoid the abortion she is technically required to have?

3. The organizer of Bo and Ma's escape attempt has what name?

4. Ma avoids the abortion required by new what?

5. Thi includes a portrait of her mother that Thi had drawn at what age?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bui elicit pathos within Chapter 7, entitled "Heroes and Losers"?

2. What happens when Bo's father visits Bo for the first time in 20 years?

3. What occurs on April 30, 1975?

4. What is the meaning of the term "nguy" (221)?

5. What two poses does Thi use to depict her childhood sketches of Ma?

6. What do the glamorous photographs of Ma symbolize to Thi during her childhood?

7. What objects do the Communists consider to be "capitalist filth" (220)?

8. How does Bui visually depict the many different perspectives about April 30, 1975?

9. What is Thi's hypothesis about why one particular person in her life is difficult for her to write about?

10. Who was Truong Chinh and whom did he emulate?

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