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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who is Travis?
(a) Bui's nephew.
(b) Bui's uncle.
(c) Bui's father.
(d) Bui's husband.

4. In the preface of The Best We Could Do, Bui states that the "seeds of this book were planted" in what year?
(a) 1998.
(b) 2006.
(c) 2002.
(d) 1996.

5. In what California city was the high school Bui helped to open?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Sacramento.
(d) Oakland.

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

7. Bui describes her family as fleeing from one country and starting over in another during what decade?
(a) The 1980s.
(b) The 1950s.
(c) The 1960s.
(d) The 1970s.

8. A toddler-sized Bo is depicted as thinking, "YOU are not my papa" (115) after what event?
(a) His father beats Bo's mother severely.
(b) His father becomes a Communist.
(c) His father marries again.
(d) His father beats him severely.

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

10. Thi says that the last time Bo saw his mother was during "the height of the" (111) what?
(a) The war between China and Japan.
(b) Famine.
(c) Depression.
(d) Cold War.

11. The last time Bo saw his mother was in what year?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1951.

12. What source does Thi NOT name among her childhood sources of knowledge about America?
(a) Ma's citizenship class.
(b) Her sisters' attendance of school.
(c) Television.
(d) Books.

13. With what assessment of Ma's does Bo disagree in Chapter 3?
(a) That Bo was not present at Bich's birth.
(b) That Bo was not present at Ma's fortieth birthday party.
(c) That Bo was not present at Lan's birth.
(d) That Bo was not present at Tam's birth.

14. Bo says that when he was how old, his father had fallen in love with a neighbor?
(a) 8.
(b) 12.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

15. Throughout the memoir, Bo's grandfather is referred to as what type of gentleman?
(a) Leisurely.
(b) Careful.
(c) Cunning.
(d) Dapper.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bui tells Nguyen that she had gotten good grades and taken what other action in order to get scholarships?

2. Chapter 2: "Rewind, Reverse" begins in 2015, but quickly moves to what other year?

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

4. The preface of the graphic memoir is dated July of what year?

5. What "immense" (22) emotion does Bui feel after giving birth to her son?

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