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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 makes a point of saying that only when which person had returned to the fold of the family did "order and comfort return" (266)?
(a) Bo.
(b) Ma.
(c) Lan.
(d) Bich.

2. Ma shares that she had loved what activity as a child?
(a) Sewing.
(b) Cooking.
(c) Writing.
(d) Reading.

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

4. On the same page that contains a unique type of media, Thi states, "We were now" what kind of "people" (267)?
(a) American.
(b) Poor.
(c) Immigrant.
(d) Boat.

5. In what year did the event take place that "the victors" call "Liberation Day" (211)?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1975.
(c) 1979.
(d) 1972.

Short Answer Questions

1. The text states that "an estimated 94,000" soldiers from what country died trying to reclaim their country's colony?

2. Kieu is related to Thi in what way?

3. Bo explains that the term "nguy" (221) could be applied to anyone in what location?

4. Ma says that her mother had taken what action whenever Thi had climbed into her lap?

5. On the first page of Chapter 7: "Heroes and Losers," Bui depicts a famous image of Saigon that includes what form of transportation?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the policies of the Communist party affect the Bui family?

2. How is the motherhood archetype portrayed within Chapter 7, entitled "Heroes and Losers"?

3. Whom does Thi name as being a difficult person for her to write about?

4. For what specific purpose does Bui depict Ma's dedication to her children?

5. What do the glamourous photographs of Ma symbolize to Thi after she becomes an adult?

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

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

8. One day a box arrives at the Bui home and it is from Vietnam. What is contained inside?

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

10. In what year does Bo arrive in Saigon for the first time and to which of Thi's own experiences does she visually compare the moment in Bo's life?

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