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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Bo is depicted as taking the rest of the family to what type of location after Ma leaves for the hospital?
(a) A refugee camp.
(b) A marketplace.
(c) A community center.
(d) A hotel.

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

4. Seats on the escape boat are described as being "bought in" what "or in promises of repayment" (229)?
(a) American currency.
(b) French currency.
(c) Vietnamese currency.
(d) Gold bars.

5. The last time Bo saw his mother was in what year?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1951.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1939.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bo explains that "Saigon had its own" what called "the Binh Xuyen" (176)?

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

3. What source does Thi NOT name among her childhood sources of knowledge about America?

4. Thi recalls that which person had talked more openly with Travis than she had with Thi?

5. Speaking about her mother, Ma says, "I hated it when my mother" (142) took what action?

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