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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. Bui describes her family as fleeing from one country and starting over in another during what decade?
(a) The 1950s.
(b) The 1980s.
(c) The 1960s.
(d) The 1970s.

2. Bui tells Nguyen that she had done what it took to get out of what California city?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) San Diego.
(c) Sacramento.
(d) Los Angeles.

3. When Chapter 2 begins in 2015, in what California city is it set?
(a) Sacramento.
(b) San Jose.
(c) Berkeley.
(d) Santa Clara.

4. Viet Thanh Nguyen describes Vietnamese refugees in what California city in the 1980s?
(a) Sacramento.
(b) Oakland.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) San Jose.

5. When the nurse brings in a tray of surgical instruments, Bui feels her heart take what action?
(a) Drop.
(b) Skip a beat.
(c) Go black.
(d) Move into her throat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Bui seeking when she meets with Viet Thanh Nguyen?

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

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

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

5. Transcripts of whose voices formed the foundation of the memoir's creation?

(see the answer key)

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