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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The violence in Saigon resulted in the destruction of whose opium?
(a) Bo's grandmother's.
(b) The prime minister's.
(c) Bo's uncle's.
(d) Bo's grandfather's.

2. Chapter 3 begins in what location?
(a) Vietnam.
(b) Berkeley.
(c) Peru.
(d) Miami.

3. Ma says that she stayed in what types of schools throughout her "entire education" (140)?
(a) Public.
(b) Vietnamese.
(c) French.
(d) Korean.

4. Ma alleges that Bo had been taking what action during the birth of one of their children?
(a) Attending the movies.
(b) Chopping wood.
(c) Gambling.
(d) Drinking at the bar.

5. What is Bui seeking when she meets with Viet Thanh Nguyen?
(a) Adventure.
(b) Peace.
(c) Wisdom.
(d) Answers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the earliest date included on the visual timeline of Vietnam's history that Bui includes before Chapter 1?

2. Bui describes her family as fleeing from one country and starting over in another during what decade?

3. What sort of merchant had poisoned the waters near Bo's boyhood home?

4. Bui states in the Preface that she helped to open what sort of high school?

5. Bo describes the "land reforms" (169) as a "process of" (169) as taking what action in relation to society?

(see the answer key)

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