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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what purpose is jute NOT said to be used?
(a) Sandbags.
(b) Rope.
(c) Twine.
(d) Paper.

2. What "immense" (22) emotion does Bui feel after giving birth to her son?
(a) Euphoria.
(b) Anxiety.
(c) Responsibility.
(d) Relief.

3. Bui worries most about which aspect of her parenting while she is still in the hospital after having her son?
(a) Holding.
(b) Breast-feeding.
(c) Bonding.
(d) Washing.

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

5. What happened during the very last time Bo ever saw his mother?
(a) Bo's mother kissed him goodbye and told him to be good.
(b) Bo's grandfather beat up Bo's grandmother.
(c) Bo's mother crossed the border into China.
(d) Bo's father beat up his mother and threw her out.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Thi when her parents separated?

2. Thi and her siblings go to bed at what time every night while under the care of Bo?

3. In what California city was the high school Bui helped to open?

4. Chapter 3 begins in what location?

5. Thi says that the last time Bo saw his mother was during "the height of the" (111) what?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what purpose does Bui begin Chapter 2: "Rewind, Reverse" in a particular place and then change to a different era on the very next page?

2. What food always brings comfort to Thi and why?

3. What are the qualities of Thi's memories about her childhood home in San Diego?

4. What major change do Thi and Travis undertake in 2006 and why?

5. How does Bui incorporate foreshadowing in her creation of The Best We Could Do?

6. In what time and place does the opening scene of The Best We Could Do begin?

7. What lesson does Thi learn through undertaking a major change in 2006?

8. For what reason is Bo unable to teach in the United States, though he had taught in Vietnam?

9. Thi likens the way she feels at the sight of the surgical instruments to what scene from her childhood?

10. As a young child, Thi imagines the lights of the cars on the highway as what other objects?

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