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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Preface and Chapters 1-2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) American soldiers.
(b) Rape.
(c) Sex.
(d) Defection.

2. What emotion does Thi feel when Ma brings up her own past suicide attempt?
(a) Empathy.
(b) Anger.
(c) Fear.
(d) Sadness.

3. Who is Travis?
(a) Bui's nephew.
(b) Bui's husband.
(c) Bui's uncle.
(d) Bui's father.

4. In what year does Thi move with her husband and son from New York City to a new place?
(a) 2006.
(b) 2002.
(c) 1999.
(d) 2013.

5. Bui states in the Preface that she helped to open what sort of high school?
(a) Alternative.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Drama.
(d) Magnet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 2: "Rewind, Reverse" begins in 2015, but quickly moves to what other year?

2. In the preface of The Best We Could Do, Bui states that the "seeds of this book were planted" in what year?

3. Bui tells Nguyen that she had gotten good grades and taken what other action in order to get scholarships?

4. Who is the oldest of Bui's sisters?

5. Bui describes her family as fleeing from one country and starting over in another during what decade?

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