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

2. Thi states that her parents had escaped from Vietnam by using what form of transport?
(a) A train.
(b) A boat.
(c) A plane.
(d) A bus.

3. Thi states in Chapter 2 that she has "figured out, more or less, how to" (29) take what action in regard to her "little family" (29)?
(a) Appease.
(b) Deceive.
(c) Raise.
(d) Impress.

4. In what California city was the high school Bui helped to open?
(a) Oakland.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Sacramento.
(d) Los Angeles.

5. When Bui feels a particular emotion after the birth of her son, a "wave of" (22) what emotion for Ma washes over her?
(a) Empathy.
(b) Nostalgia.
(c) Anger.
(d) Sadness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two words does Ma say when Bui announces that she and her boyfriend are going to live together?

2. 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?

3. Viet Thanh Nguyen describes Vietnamese refugees in what California city in the 1980s?

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

5. When Chapter 2 begins in 2015, in what California city is it set?

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