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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 hair does a boy have who Ha describes as pink?
2. What do girls put in Ha's hair when they do not like the ribbons in her hair in "Hair"?
3. What color are the chairs in the house Ha and her family move to after living with the cowboy?
4. What is Mother's first American job?
5. What day becomes "Most Relieve Day" for Ha?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens when Ha meets her school teacher?
2. How does Ha describe the baptism of her family at Del Ray Southern Baptist Church?
3. What does the cowboy think will help Ha and her family get along better with the neighbors?
4. What is lunch like for Ha on her first day of school?
5. Why does Ha feel dumb at school?
6. What does Mrs. Washington offer to do for Ha when she learns that Ha eats lunch in the bathroom at school?
7. What happens on Halloween?
8. How does Vu keep busy?
9. What does Ha find when she explores the house rented for her and her family?
10. Why does Ha end up screaming under the willow in her yard after school one day?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Inside Out & Back Again, some characters are more thoroughly described than others. Who are some characters that are merely named in passing or have a minor role in the novel? What is the importance of these flat characters to the storyline? In what way do these characters make the main characters more colorful or interesting? When there is conflict, what type of role do these flat characters play?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Saigon fell to the Communists. How does Ha’s family escape from Saigon, and why is their journey so dangerous?
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