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Quiz for Document 30–5: Oral History, 1983

Choose the best answer to each question.

1. Why was the Vietnamese immigrant happy to be in America?

He enjoyed the freedom to work and make his own living.

He enjoyed American popular culture and movies.

He nurtured the relationships he had built with Americans back in Vietnam.

He enjoyed being able to participate in the political process.

2. What did this Vietnamese immigrant miss about his country of origin?

The ability to grow his own rice

A larger social support network

Traditional Vietnamese foods

The security provided by communism

3. What was this Vietnamese immigrant’s criticism of life in the United States?

Economic opportunities were limited.

Parents were not permitted to discipline children.

Other Americans discriminated against him.

Government provided no support for the needy.