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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 do Ha and her family sleep at the cowboy's house?

2. Where does Ha go when her mother chants in "Can't Help"?

3. Who was Ha reading before she left Saigon?

4. What does Pink Boy call Ha on Halloween?

5. In Vietnam, what was the payment for scrubbing laundry?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What food do Ha and her family eat when they live with the cowboy?

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

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

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

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. How do the neighbors treat Ha and her family?

8. What does Ha find when she explores the house rented for her and her family?

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

10. Af first, what photos does Miss Scott show in class of Vietnam, and what photos does Ha think her teacher should show?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Genre is a means of classifying literature. What is the genre of Inside Out & Back Again? Why is it not history or non-fiction?

Essay Topic 2

Ha and her family have to learn to adapt to life in America. How do Ha and her family have to adapt to life in America, and why is it difficult for them to adapt?

Essay Topic 3

Some of the experiences in the author’s life mirror what Ha and her family experienced in Inside Out & Back Again. How and why did Lai fictionalize some of the experiences she and her family endured when they fled from Vietnam and settled in the United States?

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