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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bui writes that whose "in-laws had found a boat for sale and wanted to escape the country" (227)?
(a) Hang's.
(b) Hai's.
(c) Lan's.
(d) Kieu's.

2. 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 little boy.
(c) When he was an infant.
(d) When he was a teenager.

3. When Bo's father came to visit Bo, it had been how many years since they had seen one another?
(a) 10.
(b) 20.
(c) 30.
(d) 15.

4. What movie does Thi recall watching at the age of 5?
(a) A Nightmare on Elm Street.
(b) The Exorcist.
(c) The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
(d) The Godfather.

5. The text states that "an estimated 94,000" soldiers from what country died trying to reclaim their country's colony?
(a) France.
(b) Italy.
(c) Spain.
(d) England.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Bo arrive in Saigon for the first time?

2. Bo states that "The New Economic Zones" (222) were actually what?

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)?

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

5. Who helps Ma to avoid the abortion she is technically required to have?

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