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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. Bo and Ma are depicted as hearing via what source that the Khmer Rouge have taken the capital of Cambodia?
(a) Telephone chains.
(b) Radio.
(c) Secret meetings.
(d) Television.

2. Bo explains that the term "nguy" (221) could be applied to anyone in what location?
(a) In the West.
(b) In the East.
(c) In the North.
(d) In the South.

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

4. Ngo Dinh Diem was the prime minister of what area of Vietnam when he decided to fight the Binh Xuyen?
(a) The West.
(b) The East.
(c) The South.
(d) The North.

5. When Bo again lived with his grandmother and grandfather at the age of 14, of what material was their roof made?
(a) Canvas.
(b) Palm leaves.
(c) Corrugated metal.
(d) Cardboard.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ma says that her father had been a what?

2. The destruction of whose only assets led to their return to a situation of domestic violence?

3. What type of media is included within Chapter 8 that appears nowhere else in the memoir?

4. What constant within society does Thi had "riled [Ma] up" (225)?

5. In his youth, Bo dyed his clothes what color in order to "look like a Communist" (155)?

Short Essay Questions

1. What occurs on April 30, 1975?

2. What do the glamourous photographs of Ma symbolize to Thi after she becomes an adult?

3. Describe the origins of Bui's memoir The Best We Could Do.

4. How does Bui elicit pathos within Chapter 7, entitled "Heroes and Losers"?

5. How do the policies of the Communist party affect the Bui family?

6. How is the motherhood archetype portrayed within Chapter 7, entitled "Heroes and Losers"?

7. What extreme action do Bo and Hai take in order to keep Hai's children quiet during the escape?

8. What do the glamorous photographs of Ma symbolize to Thi during her childhood?

9. For what specific purpose does Bui depict Ma's dedication to her children?

10. Whom does Thi name as being a difficult person for her to write about?

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