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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During Thi's parents' escape attempt, what happened to the boat?
(a) It sank.
(b) It caught fire.
(c) It hit a river island.
(d) It hit a rocky shore.

2. Which members of her family does Thi interview for an oral history project and "the beginnings of this book" (136)?
(a) Ma, Bo, and Lan.
(b) Ma, Lan, and Bich.
(c) Bich and Bo.
(d) Ma and Bo.

3. Bo explains that "Saigon had its own" what called "the Binh Xuyen" (176)?
(a) Mafia.
(b) Shipping port.
(c) Government.
(d) Problems.

4. Bo states that "The New Economic Zones" (222) were actually what?
(a) Labor camps.
(b) Slums.
(c) Concentration camps.
(d) Marshes.

5. Speaking about her mother, Ma says, "I hated it when my mother" (142) took what action?
(a) Left her alone in the house.
(b) Hit the servants.
(c) Went to bed for days.
(d) Had parties.

6. On the first page of Chapter 7: "Heroes and Losers," Bui depicts a famous image of Saigon that includes what form of transportation?
(a) A tank.
(b) A biplane.
(c) A train.
(d) A helicopter.

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

8. Thi says that Ma's friends would often tell Thi that she looked like her mother, "but not as" (132) what?
(a) Pretty.
(b) Gracious.
(c) Fashionable.
(d) Mature.

9. Thi is depicted as trying what kind of juice in Malaysia?
(a) Chrysanthemum.
(b) Apple.
(c) Lilac.
(d) Tomato.

10. How many months' pregnant was Ma when she and Bo planned their escape?
(a) 8.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

11. In what year did Bo's father visit, "bringing news from the North" (223)?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1981.
(c) 1976.
(d) 1969.

12. In his youth, Bo dyed his clothes what color in order to "look like a Communist" (155)?
(a) Pink.
(b) Gray.
(c) Red.
(d) Black.

13. How many pages of strictly visual images does Bui use to depict the stars the night of the escape?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

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

15. Bo tells Thi that when he was what age, his grandfather had enrolled Bo in a French school?
(a) 12.
(b) 8.
(c) 16.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what country does Ma say she was born?

2. Chapter 5, entitled "Either, Or," revolves around which person?

3. Bo and Ma are depicted as hearing via what source that the Khmer Rouge have taken the capital of Cambodia?

4. Thi includes a portrait of her mother that Thi had drawn at what age?

5. Ma shares that she had loved what activity as a child?

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