Goodbye Vietnam - Chapters 1 - 7

What is Grandmother's profession?

• She is a farmer

• She is a healer and midwife

• She is an officer

• Grandma is a housekeeper

What were 'noi'?

• evil spirits that live in the sea

• a type of rice dish

• the people who threatenned them

• the police

What reasons are given for the family leaving the village?

• the police are coming for grandmother

• there is little food

• they want their children to go to school

• all of the above

• none of the above

What did the children see at Chan's store that surprised them?

• grandmother's robe

• their dog

• many of their family's possessions for sale

• their tractor

What does Grandmother really have in her basket?

• cat

• ducks

• more bread

• secret potions

Why is the family traveling at night?

• They have no permission (papers) allowing them to leave

• They fear the noi

• They fear the Ma Da

• they are too ill for the heat

How does Grandmother prevent her son's tools from being confiscated?

• she yells at the officer

• she curses the officer

• she bribes the officer with a duck

• she bribes the officer with magic

Where did Bac si Hong and her daughter Kim come from?

• Bac si Hong and her daughter are from America

• Bac si Hong and her daughter are from Ho Chi Minh City

• Bac si Hong and her daughter are from the rural area

• Bac si Hong and her daughter are from another time and place

Why is Grandmother skeptical (distrusting) of Bac si Hong?

• she was annoyed because she was prettier and younger than her

• she scoffed at her because Bac Si Hong learned medicine in school rather than through tradition

• she did not trust her because she saw that she was lying

• she scoffed at her because Bac Si Hong did not respect her own mother