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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In what California city was the high school Bui helped to open?
2. Thi states that her "memories of [Bo] live in" (64) what kind of dwelling?
3. What "immense" (22) emotion does Bui feel after giving birth to her son?
4. The action Bui's heart takes when she sees the surgical instrument is the same she remembers from a time when Bo had talked openly about what subject?
5. In what location does Tam hide when things are tense in the house?
Short Essay Questions
1. What lesson does Thi learn through undertaking a major change in 2006?
2. Describe Thi's expression in the panel depicting her reaction to Bo's dangerous behavior.
3. Explain the nature of the present-day relationship between Bo and Ma.
4. How does Bui incorporate foreshadowing in her creation of The Best We Could Do?
5. As a young child, Thi imagines the lights of the cars on the highway as what other objects?
6. What dangerous action does Bo take regularly throughout Thi's childhood?
7. How does Bui use visual elements to underscore her feelings about the doctor's answer to her question in the hospital?
8. Thi likens the way she feels at the sight of the surgical instruments to what scene from her childhood?
9. For what reason is Bo unable to teach in the United States, though he had taught in Vietnam?
10. Describe two different methods Thi uses to address her problems with Bo.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze Bui’s focus on the theme of family bonds in The Best We Could Do. What message is Bui sending about aspects of family such as closeness, loyalty, and a shared sense of identity?
Essay Topic 2
William Faulkner once famously claimed that the most important literature deals with the subject of the human heart in conflict with itself. Explain how the theme of Human versus Self is demonstrated within Bui’s memoir The Best We Could Do. Create a decisive, arguable claim and prove it with quotes from the memoir.
Essay Topic 3
Could The Best We Could Do be classified as a coming-of-age story? Why or why not?
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