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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Thi states that to understand her father's personality, she needs to understand what happened to him during what time period?
(a) When he was a young man.
(b) When he was a teenager.
(c) When he was a little boy.
(d) When he was an infant.

2. After moving her own family to be closer to her parents, Thi realizes that what two elements are "not the same" (31)?
(a) Safety and security.
(b) Proximity and closeness.
(c) Nostalgia and memory.
(d) Beauty and wisdom.

3. Ma flies from California to attend the birth of which of her grandchildren?
(a) Her third.
(b) Her fourth.
(c) Her eighth.
(d) Her first.

4. In what year did the event take place that "the victors" call "Liberation Day" (211)?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1975.
(c) 1979.
(d) 1963.

5. The destruction of whose only assets led to their return to a situation of domestic violence?
(a) Bo's grandfather.
(b) Bo's grandmother.
(c) Lan.
(d) Ma.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what purpose is jute NOT said to be used?

2. Thi says that Ma's friends would often tell Thi that she looked like her mother, "but not as" (132) what?

3. Bo explains that "Saigon had its own" what called "the Binh Xuyen" (176)?

4. Bo says that before his final visit to see Bo, Bo's father had given what object to Ma?

5. During Thi's parents' escape attempt, what happened to the boat?

(see the answer key)

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