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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 describes Thai Binh as "deep" what "territory" (164)?
(a) Viet Minh.
(b) Communist.
(c) Poverty.
(d) Stronghold.

2. The destruction of whose only assets led to their return to a situation of domestic violence?
(a) Bo's grandmother.
(b) Bo's grandfather.
(c) Ma.
(d) Lan.

3. Thi compares her excitement upon arriving in what city for the first time to Bo's excitement when he first arrived in Saigon?
(a) New York City.
(b) Chicago.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Los Angeles.

4. Who helps Ma to avoid the abortion she is technically required to have?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A student.
(d) Ma's mother.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the South Vietnamese withdrew, the people in what area were advised to evacuate?

2. Kieu is related to Thi in what way?

3. Bo states that "The New Economic Zones" (222) were actually what?

4. Thi recalls that one day her family received a box full of what objects from Vietnam?

5. Bo explains that "Saigon had its own" what called "the Binh Xuyen" (176)?

Short Essay Questions

1. What objects do the Communists consider to be "capitalist filth" (220)?

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

3. What happens when Bo's father visits Bo for the first time in 20 years?

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

5. What two poses does Thi use to depict her childhood sketches of Ma?

6. What occurs on April 30, 1975?

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

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

9. What is ironic about Ma's openness with Travis, as depicted within the setting of the car?

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

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