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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 type of calendar is followed in Vietnam?
2. Who is the last person to get on board the boat Ha and her family leave Saigon on?
3. What branch of the military was Ha's father in?
4. How much sugar do families get during the ceremony the president of Vietnam holds in 1975 to comfort war wives?
5. In 1975, what is the name of the girl who shares Ha's desk at school?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Ha manage to get money to pay for treats for herself?
2. What does Ha have to eat in "S-l-o-w-l-y," and what do other families have?
3. What happens to the pilot and the helicopter that Ha hears in "Saigon Is Gone"?
4. Why does Ha pinch the girl who shares her desk at school?
5. Why does Ha's mother think they must leave Vietnam?
6. What happened to Ha's father?
7. Why does President Thieu hold a ceremony every spring, and what do the families get who attend?
8. How many brothers does Ha have, and how old are they?
9. What does Ha's family leave behind when they flee Saigon?
10. Why does Kohi start to smell bad on the ship?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in Inside Out & Back Again? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and characters? How does it help readers connect with and understand characters, especially Ha?
Essay Topic 2
A boy in Ha's class start tormenting her. He and some of his friends often call Ha names or chase her. How does Ha deal with the bullying she experiences, and what finally cause the bullying to stop?
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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