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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 does Ha wish Miss Scott would show the students about Vietnam instead of desperate photos from the fall of Saigon?

2. What color bow tie does a boy wear who comes into the classroom when Ha is eating in "Most Relieved Day"?

3. In "Feel Dumb," how high can Ha count in English?

4. When the cowboy takes Ha's family to meet their neighbors, who is the only neighbor to greet them warmly?

5. How many boys follow Ha home after her first day at school in America?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mrs. Washington make Ha for the first sack lunch she fixes for Ha, and what does Ha think about the lunch?

2. Why is it difficult for Ha to translate the sentence, "Jane sees Spot run"?

3. What is lunch like for Ha on her first day of school?

4. How does Ha describe the baptism of her family at Del Ray Southern Baptist Church?

5. How do girls at school try to do Ha's hair?

6. What type of furniture is the house furnished with that the cowboy rents for Ha and her family, and why does it bother Ha?

7. What happens on Halloween?

8. In "The Outside," what does everyone do when school starts?

9. What does Mrs. Washington offer to do for Ha when she learns that Ha eats lunch in the bathroom at school?

10. What is it like when Ha registers for school?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Tet is a Vietnamese holiday similar to New Year’s celebrations in the United States. How does Ha’s family celebrate the holiday, and why is the holiday important for them and other Vietnamese people?

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