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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Hai and Bo took what action to keep Hai's children quiet as the patrol boats passed?
(a) They blindfolded the children.
(b) They threatened the children with violence.
(c) They gagged the children.
(d) They injected the children with Valium.

3. What is NOT a meaning of the word "nguy" (221) according to Bo?
(a) Lying.
(b) False.
(c) Deceitful.
(d) Manipulative.

4. In what year did Japan send troops to "block Chinese supply routes" (102)?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1923.

5. The destruction of whose only assets led to their return to a situation of domestic violence?
(a) Bo's grandfather.
(b) Ma.
(c) Lan.
(d) Bo's grandmother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Thi is depicted as trying what kind of juice in Malaysia?

2. What movie does Thi recall watching at the age of 5?

3. Who helps Ma to avoid the abortion she is technically required to have?

4. Which members of her family does Thi interview for an oral history project and "the beginnings of this book" (136)?

5. The city of Hai Phong is how far away from the border of China?

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