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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. Bo is depicted as taking the rest of the family to what type of location after Ma leaves for the hospital?
2. When Bo again lived with his grandmother and grandfather at the age of 14, of what material was their roof made?
3. The Bui family's "neighborhood monitor" (221) is also referred to by what term?
4. Thi is depicted as trying what kind of juice in Malaysia?
5. The violence in Saigon resulted in the destruction of whose opium?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do the policies of the Communist party affect the Bui family?
2. What is Thi's hypothesis about why one particular person in her life is difficult for her to write about?
3. What objects must the Bui family burn when the Communists begin to search the people's homes?
4. What objects do the Communists consider to be "capitalist filth" (220)?
5. Describe the origins of Bui's memoir The Best We Could Do.
6. In what way did the Communist party leaders use language to mask their true actions?
7. 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?
8. For what specific purpose does Bui depict Ma's dedication to her children?
9. What action does Bui depict in order to symbolize Ma's dedication to her children?
10. What occurs on April 30, 1975?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What message does Bui send within the pages of The Best We Could Do concerning the link between communication and emotional closeness?
Essay Topic 2
Could The Best We Could Do be classified as a coming-of-age story? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
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.
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