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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time of day are women allowed on deck to sponge-bath?

2. What was one of Ha's father's favorite foods?

3. What branch of the military was Ha's father in?

4. How does Ha describe the South Vietnamese flag?

5. How much pork would Ha buy last September with the money her mother gave her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What holiday do Ha and her family celebrate at the beginning of 1975, and how do they celebrate?

2. What happens to the pilot and the helicopter that Ha hears in "Saigon Is Gone"?

3. Why does Ha pinch the girl who shares her desk at school?

4. Why does Kohi start to smell bad on the ship?

5. How many brothers does Ha have, and how old are they?

6. What was Ha's mother's life like before she and Ha's father fled to the South?

7. Why does President Thieu hold a ceremony every spring, and what do the families get who attend?

8. Where are Ha and her family taken after being rescued, and what is it like there?

9. How does Ha try to comfort Khoi when he mourns his dead chick?

10. What is it like at the port when Ha's family leaves their home?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ha and students in her fourth grade class think she is dumb. Why do Ha and her classmates think she is dumb? Why is that perception not an accurate gauge of her intelligence?

Essay Topic 2

After an American ship rescues Ha, her family, and the others on the ship, they are taken to a refugee camp. What are their experiences in the refugee camp, and why is their situation there only temporary?

Essay Topic 3

Setting is the place where a story happens. Where are the two main places where Inside Out & Back Again take place? How does Ha feel about Vietnam and America and why?

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