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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 actor do Ha and other refugees like in the movies they watch in the refugee camp?

2. When does the ship Ha's family is traveling on reach the sea?

3. What time does Ha learn that the Communists crashed their tanks through the gates of the presidential palace and then flew their flag on the roof?

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

5. What is the date when Ha's family leaves Saigon on a ship traversing the river route?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ha know about her father?

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

3. What do Ha and her family pack to take with them when they flee Saigon?

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

5. What path does the commander choose to take, and where does everyone have to stay as the ship leaves Saigon?

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

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

8. What does Ha's family leave behind when they flee Saigon?

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

10. Why does Mother choose to go to the United States?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Some of the neighbors egg the house, drape toilet paper on the tree, or throw a brick through a window. Why do neighbors harass Ha and her family, and how do Ha and her family attempt to improve relations between them and the neighbors?

Essay Topic 2

Mother seems to be coping best with the move to America. How are Ha and her family coping with the move to America? Why does Mother seem to be coping the best?

Essay Topic 3

Mother often attempts to find something positive in negative circumstances. How does Mother try to find something positive about difficult situations? Why does Ha wish her mother would not try make bad situations better?

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