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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what state do Thi and her family move in an effort to be emotionally closer to her parents?
(a) Florida.
(b) California.
(c) Oregon.
(d) Maine.

2. What two armies forced the Vietnamese people to uproot their rice in order to plant jute?
(a) Chinese and Korean.
(b) French and Japanese.
(c) Korean and Indonesian.
(d) Chinese and Japanese.

3. Lan had moved out of the family home due to problems with whom?
(a) Bich.
(b) Ma.
(c) Thi.
(d) Bo.

4. Chapter 1, entitled "Labor," takes place in what location?
(a) Miami.
(b) San Diego.
(c) New York.
(d) San Francisco.

5. What happened during the very last time Bo ever saw his mother?
(a) Bo's father beat up his mother and threw her out.
(b) Bo's mother kissed him goodbye and told him to be good.
(c) Bo's grandfather beat up Bo's grandmother.
(d) Bo's mother crossed the border into China.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of darkness does Thi remember inside her childhood home?

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

3. Thi states that her "memories of [Bo] live in" (64) what kind of dwelling?

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

5. Thi tells a story about her Bo that involves what kind of body of water in Hai Phong?

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