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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the earliest date included on the visual timeline of Vietnam's history that Bui includes before Chapter 1?
2. The action Bui's heart takes when she sees the surgical instrument is the same she remembers from a time when Bo had talked openly about what subject?
3. Thi states that her "memories of [Bo] live in" (64) what kind of dwelling?
4. Thi says that which city had a military presence that resulted in prejudice against Asians?
5. What adjective does Thi use to describe the "demons" (68) from her parents' pasts that had haunted Thi's childhood home?
Short Essay Questions
1. Thi likens the way she feels at the sight of the surgical instruments to what scene from her childhood?
2. How does the doctor respond to Thi's question about her child's birth?
3. What food always brings comfort to Thi and why?
4. What dangerous action does Bo take regularly throughout Thi's childhood?
5. What question does Thi ask the doctor when she is in labor with her child?
6. What major change do Thi and Travis undertake in 2006 and why?
7. What lesson does Thi learn through undertaking a major change in 2006?
8. For what reason is Bo unable to teach in the United States, though he had taught in Vietnam?
9. What event causes a very young Bo to mentally disown his father?
10. Describe Thi's expression in the panel depicting her reaction to Bo's dangerous behavior.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How is the topic of The Other treated within the memoir and what is Bui's purpose for portraying Otherness in this way?
Essay Topic 2
William Faulkner once famously claimed that the most important literature deals with the subject of the human heart in conflict with itself. Explain how the theme of Human versus Self is demonstrated within Bui’s memoir The Best We Could Do. Create a decisive, arguable claim and prove it with quotes from the memoir.
Essay Topic 3
Analyze the resolution stage of The Best We Could Do and write about its overall meaning within the text. How does Bui make connections between the resolution and the text’s major thematic messages?
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