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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. How many pages of strictly visual images does Bui use to depict the stars the night of the escape?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 5.
2. Bo names which person as providing him with the necessary documents to transfer to a school in Saigon?
(a) His grandfather.
(b) His teacher.
(c) His father.
(d) His school principal.
3. What constant within society does Thi had "riled [Ma] up" (225)?
(a) Surveillance.
(b) Neighborhood meetings.
(c) Famine.
(d) Work shortages.
4. What is Bo's reply when Ma tells him that she had been given a particular object by Bo's father?
(a) Crush it.
(b) Sell it.
(c) Burn it.
(d) Throw it away.
5. In what year does Ma say she was born?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1948.
(d) 1943.
Short Answer Questions
1. Bo explains that "Saigon had its own" what called "the Binh Xuyen" (176)?
2. What objects do communists call "capitalist filth" (220), according to Ma's instructions?
3. Bo tells Thi that when he was what age, his grandfather had enrolled Bo in a French school?
4. When the South Vietnamese withdrew, the people in what area were advised to evacuate?
5. Thi describes her mother's scent by using the name of what brand?
Short Essay Questions
1. For what specific purpose does Bui depict Ma's dedication to her children?
2. How does Bui visually depict the many different perspectives about April 30, 1975?
3. What new law is one that Ma is unwilling to follow?
4. What is the meaning of the term "nguy" (221)?
5. How do the policies of the Communist party affect the Bui family?
6. Who was Truong Chinh and whom did he emulate?
7. What happens when Bo's father visits Bo for the first time in 20 years?
8. What occurs on April 30, 1975?
9. How does Bui elicit pathos within Chapter 7, entitled "Heroes and Losers"?
10. What do the glamorous photographs of Ma symbolize to Thi during her childhood?
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