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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. What is the earliest date included on the visual timeline of Vietnam's history that Bui includes before Chapter 1?
(a) 354 A.D.
(b) 111 B.C.
(c) 740 B.C.
(d) 1345 A.D.

2. How many years after Ma's suicide attempt does she bring up the subject with Thi for the first time?
(a) 20.
(b) 15.
(c) 30.
(d) 5.

3. Ma flies from California to attend the birth of which of her grandchildren?
(a) Her fourth.
(b) Her third.
(c) Her eighth.
(d) Her first.

4. 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) Sex.
(c) Defection.
(d) Rape.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What emotion does Thi feel when Ma brings up her own past suicide attempt?

2. In what California city was the high school Bui helped to open?

3. When Bich runs away from home, Ma takes what action?

4. In what year does Thi move with her husband and son from New York City to a new place?

5. Thi states that her parents had escaped from Vietnam by using what form of transport?

(see the answer key)

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