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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. Where does Ha sit and scream after she is chased home by boys yelling "Boo-Da" (207)?

2. Who finds Ha sitting and screaming after she is chased home by boys yelling "Boo-Da"?

3. What fast food does Khoi refuse to eat that the cowboy brings the family?

4. What day does Ha get chased home by boys yelling "Boo-Da"?

5. How many new words does Miss Washington make Ha learn daily?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Ha feel dumb at school?

2. Why does Ha end up screaming under the willow in her yard after school one day?

3. What is it like for Ha and her family at the cowboy's house?

4. How does Vu keep busy?

5. What does Ha hear from her mother in the night and what does Ha realize?

6. What happens when Ha meets her school teacher?

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

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

9. What does the cowboy think will help Ha and her family get along better with the neighbors?

10. What happens when Mr. Johnston takes Ha and her family to meet the neighbors?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Imagery is a literary device authors use to describe characters in a narrative and the world they inhabit. Imagery involves using the five senses to describe characters, places, and things. How does Lai use imagery to help readers imagine the world where characters live in Inside Out & Back Again?

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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