Chap. 7 "The Best We Could Do"

What do Thi Bui's parents call the day Saigon fell?

• Freedom Day

•  The Day We Lost Our Country

• The Fall of Saigon

•    Victory Day

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What happened to Má and Bố's savings after the government changed the currency?

  

•  They doubled in value

• Exchange rate was unfair so they got less money

• They were wiped out

•    They were converted to gold

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

What does Ma tell the kids to do before the Communists took their books?

• Read them fast

• Burn them quickly

• Pack them

• Hide them

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Where does the family's boat eventually land?

•    China

• Malaysia

•   Thailand

•   Vietnam

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Bố's grandmother reunites with him and they live together after the war. (True/False)

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.4

Ma is pregnant during the sailing expidition. (True/False)

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Ma's brother, Hai, was not released from jail. (True/False)

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

In order to get money for food, what did Ma do?

• Sold possessions to Northerners

• Got a job as a seamstess

• Stole from her neighbors

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9