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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Once all of Thi's family lives in the same state, where does Ma live?
(a) In a hotel.
(b) In Bich's guest house.
(c) In Thi's backyard.
(d) In Tam's backyard.

3. What two words does Ma say when Bui announces that she and her boyfriend are going to live together?
(a) I see.
(b) Not yet.
(c) Please no.
(d) No way.

4. The city of Hai Phong is how far away from the border of China?
(a) 50 kilometers.
(b) 500 kilometers.
(c) 100 kilometers.
(d) 200 kilometers.

5. Thi describes the city of Hai Phong by using what noun?
(a) Seaport.
(b) Heaven.
(c) Metropolis.
(d) Oasis.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Bui feels a particular emotion after the birth of her son, a "wave of" (22) what emotion for Ma washes over her?

2. In what year did Japan send troops to occupy northern French Indochina?

3. Bui tells Nguyen that she had done what it took to get out of what California city?

4. Thi says that which city had a military presence that resulted in prejudice against Asians?

5. As a child, Thi imagined herself and her family becoming "a little more" (65) what each day?

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