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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which family member of Ma's was the one to act as a United State sponsors for Ma's immediate family?
(a) Her niece.
(b) Her cousin.
(c) Her younger sister.
(d) Her older sister.

2. Bui tells Nguyen that she had done what it took to get out of what California city?
(a) Sacramento.
(b) San Diego.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) San Francisco.

3. What type of media is included within Chapter 8 that appears nowhere else in the memoir?
(a) Sheets of music.
(b) Calligraphy.
(c) A bar graph.
(d) Photography.

4. In what year does Ma say she was born?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1943.
(d) 1948.

5. Seats on the escape boat are described as being "bought in" what "or in promises of repayment" (229)?
(a) Vietnamese currency.
(b) French currency.
(c) Gold bars.
(d) American currency.

Short Answer Questions

1. Thi compares her excitement upon arriving in what city for the first time to Bo's excitement when he first arrived in Saigon?

2. At the end of Chapter 9, "Fire and Ash," who saves the family by evacuating the burning building?

3. The organizer of Bo and Ma's escape attempt has what name?

4. Thi describes the ability to take what action as her "refugee reflex" (305)?

5. The violence in Saigon resulted in the destruction of whose opium?

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