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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Thi mentions that she used to think of her mother as what type of royal family member?
(a) A princess.
(b) A queen.
(c) A duchess.
(d) A dauphine.

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

3. In what year did Bo arrive in Saigon for the first time?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1973.

4. Bo says that before his final visit to see Bo, Bo's father had given what object to Ma?
(a) A bracelet.
(b) A brooch.
(c) A ring.
(d) A necklace.

5. The Bui family's "neighborhood monitor" (221) is also referred to by what term?
(a) The cadre.
(b) The commander.
(c) The general.
(d) The magistrate.

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

7. What is NOT a meaning of the word "nguy" (221) according to Bo?
(a) Deceitful.
(b) Manipulative.
(c) False.
(d) Lying.

8. Thi includes a portrait of her mother that Thi had drawn at what age?
(a) 10.
(b) 12.
(c) 14.
(d) 8.

9. The violence in Saigon resulted in the destruction of whose opium?
(a) Bo's uncle's.
(b) The prime minister's.
(c) Bo's grandmother's.
(d) Bo's grandfather's.

10. When the South Vietnamese withdrew, the people in what area were advised to evacuate?
(a) The Northern Highlands.
(b) The Eastern Lowlands.
(c) The Central Highlands.
(d) The Western Lowlands.

11. Thi recalls that one day her family received a box full of what objects from Vietnam?
(a) Photographs.
(b) Letters.
(c) Records.
(d) Documents.

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

13. In what country does Ma say she was born?
(a) Thailand.
(b) Korea.
(c) Vietnam.
(d) Cambodia.

14. Ma says that she stayed in what types of schools throughout her "entire education" (140)?
(a) Vietnamese.
(b) French.
(c) Korean.
(d) Public.

15. Thi depicts Ma's devotion to her children by showing Ma peeling what type of fruit?
(a) Grapes.
(b) Peaches.
(c) Strawberries.
(d) Plums.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ngo Dinh Diem was the prime minister of what area of Vietnam when he decided to fight the Binh Xuyen?

2. Bo says that eventually, the land reforms resulted in the deaths of how many people?

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

4. Bo is depicted as taking the rest of the family to what type of location after Ma leaves for the hospital?

5. What action had Bo's grandfather taken in relation to Bo's grandmother just before she had left forever?

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