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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 tells Thi that when he was what age, his grandfather had enrolled Bo in a French school?
(a) 5.
(b) 8.
(c) 12.
(d) 16.

2. When Bo's father came to visit Bo, it had been how many years since they had seen one another?
(a) 20.
(b) 10.
(c) 15.
(d) 30.

3. Chapter 5, entitled "Either, Or," revolves around which person?
(a) Bich.
(b) Ma.
(c) Lan.
(d) Bo.

4. Ma says that her mother had taken what action whenever Thi had climbed into her lap?
(a) She had complained aloud.
(b) She had needed to leave for work.
(c) She had pushed Thi away.
(d) She had hugged Thi closer.

5. What action had Bo's grandfather taken in relation to Bo's grandmother just before she had left forever?
(a) He had beaten Bo severely.
(b) He had beaten her severely.
(c) He had spent her savings.
(d) He had been unfaithful.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many months' pregnant was Ma when she and Bo planned their escape?

3. Thi mentions that she used to think of her mother as what type of royal family member?

4. During Bo's father's visit, he told Bo that whose family was "too nguy" for him to "risk being associated" (224) with them?

5. The violence in Saigon resulted in the destruction of whose opium?

Short Essay Questions

1. What objects must the Bui family burn when the Communists begin to search the people's homes?

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

7. Describe the origins of Bui's memoir The Best We Could Do.

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

9. What new law is one that Ma is unwilling to follow?

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

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