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266 Chapter 8 Word Elements: Together and ApartREVIEWChapters 5–8■ Reviewing Words in ContextComplete each sentence with the word or term that fits best. You mayhave to capitalize some words. Use each choice only once.A JOURNEY FROM VIETNAM TO THE UNITED STATESa. antipathy e. interminable i. resilient m. transcendb. circumventing f. induced j. status quo n. transitoryc. communal g. jettison k. subverted o. traversed. congregated h. odyssey l. tenacity p. vitalBackground: Viem, a student in one of the author’s classes, was born inVietnam. This is the story of his life there and his escape to the United States.1. I was born in Saigon, Vietnam. My father had fought for the U.S. alliesagainst the Communists. The Communists felt considerablefor six months.for people like him. They even put him in jail2. I too felt some discrimination and had tomany difficulties. To get into college, I needed a higher exam scorethan children of people who had fought for the Communists.3. I knew that unless the changed, I would havea hard time in Vietnam.4. Feeling that my efforts to make a good life for myself would beby the government, I decided to escape.5. was very important because ten of my effortsfailed.6. But I was a(n) person and recovered from thedisappointment of each unsuccessful attempt.7. The prospect of living a free life me to tryagain and again; in 1982, I finally succeeded.Copyright © Cengage Learning. All Right Reserved.