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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: Alabama: Ha Le Lu Da to Confessions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ha wish Miss Scott would show the students about Vietnam instead of desperate photos from the fall of Saigon?
(a) The mountains.
(b) The ocean.
(c) Temples.
(d) Papayas and Tet.

2. Where does Ha sit and scream after she is chased home by boys yelling "Boo-Da" (207)?
(a) Under the willow.
(b) Her backyard.
(c) The bedroom.
(d) Front steps.

3. Who is seasick as Ha and her family leave Saigon?
(a) Mother.
(b) Khoi.
(c) Ha.
(d) Vu.

4. How many clumps of cooked rice does every member of Ha's family pack?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

5. What actor do Ha and other refugees like in the movies they watch in the refugee camp?
(a) Audie Murphy.
(b) Gary Cooper.
(c) John Wayne.
(d) Clint Wastwood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of tree is Ha nursing in 1975?

2. What does Ha say in her mind when she is followed home after her first day of school in America?

3. From where were TiTi and her family to flee Vietnam on cruise ships?

4. How does a man stab himself after the South Vietnamese flag is lowered?

5. When Ha and the others are offloaded onto motorboats, how many can go at a time?

(see the answer key)

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