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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 color uniforms do the men on ther American ship wear that rescues the ship?

2. In Miss Xinh's class, what day of the week do Ha and the other students talk about current news?

3. How does Ha describe the South Vietnamese flag?

4. 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?

5. How old is Ha in 1975?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ha manage to get money to pay for treats for herself?

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

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

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

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

6. Where is Ha's best friend Titi and her family going in 1975?

7. What happens when Ha cannot wait to go to the bathroom?

8. What does Ha have to eat in "S-l-o-w-l-y," and what do other families have?

9. How does Ha hope the new year will be different?

10. What happened to Ha's father?

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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