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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. Bo describes the "land reforms" (169) as a "process of" (169) as taking what action in relation to society?
(a) Reorganizing it.
(b) Strengthening it.
(c) Uniting it.
(d) Destroying it.

2. Bo and Ma are depicted as hearing via what source that the Khmer Rouge have taken the capital of Cambodia?
(a) Telephone chains.
(b) Radio.
(c) Television.
(d) Secret meetings.

3. Thi describes her mother's scent by using the name of what brand?
(a) Baby powder.
(b) Jean Nate.
(c) Dove.
(d) Oil of Olay.

4. The organizer of Bo and Ma's escape attempt has what name?
(a) Mr. Son.
(b) Mr. Chau.
(c) Mrs. Kieu.
(d) Mr. Dien.

5. Bo names which person as providing him with the necessary documents to transfer to a school in Saigon?
(a) His school principal.
(b) His father.
(c) His teacher.
(d) His grandfather.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ma shares that she had loved what activity as a child?

2. During Thi's parents' escape attempt, what happened to the boat?

3. What type of media is included within Chapter 8 that appears nowhere else in the memoir?

4. Which family member of Ma's was the one to act as a United State sponsors for Ma's immediate family?

5. Speaking about her mother, Ma says, "I hated it when my mother" (142) took what action?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What occurs on April 30, 1975?

3. What extreme action do Bo and Hai take in order to keep Hai's children quiet during the escape?

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

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

6. What is ironic about Ma's openness with Travis, as depicted within the setting of the car?

7. What action does Bui depict in order to symbolize Ma's dedication to her children?

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

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

10. In what way did the Communist party leaders use language to mask their true actions?

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