Characters
Food
Places / Locations
Literary Terms
Figurative Language
100
The youngest child and the only daughter of the main family in the story.
Who is Kim Ha - the main character of Inside Out and Back Again?
100
"Two green thumbs that will grow into orange-yellow delights smelling of summer. Middle sweet between a mango and a pear. Soft as a yam gliding down after three easy, thrilling chews." (p.21). The author is describing what food?
What is papaya (the main character's favorite food)?
100
The city the main character was born and grew up in.
What is Saigon?
100

A comparison of two things using the words like or as. 

What is a simile?

100
Bombs explode like thunder/ Gunfire falls like rain 

What is a simile? 

200
The oldest brother of the main family of the story. He is twenty-one and he studies engineering.
Who is Brother Quang?
200

Someone sends cases of this to Guam, and it makes the main character very happy.

What is fish sauce (nuoc mam)?

200

The state where the family's American sponsor lives.

What is Alabama

200

A comparison of two things NOT using the words like or as

What is a metaphor? 

200

peacock tails at the corner of his eyes

What is a metaphor?

300
He is tall and pig-bellied. He wears a black cowboy hat, tan cowboy boots, and he smokes cigars.
Who is 'Our Cowboy'?
300

When the family is at sea, they receive these rations (pp.77-78).

What is one clump of rice, the size depending on the person's height, plus one cup of water?

300
When the family arrives to the United States, they are sent to a 'tent city' in which state.
What is Florida?
300

Giving human characteristics to a non-human object or thing. 

What is personification?

300

The ships draw together and kiss.

What is personification?

400

The best friend of the Ha's father.

Who is Uncle Son?

400

Brother Vu cooks cans of _____ and ________and brings home a can of _____. (p.28).

What are beef and potatoes; what is fruit?

400
The island where the family lives before leaving for the United States.
What is Guam?
400

Descriptive words or phrases that are meaningful but not literally true

What is figurative language? 

400

dragonflies zipping through my gut

What is a metaphor? 

500
He resigns from his job in the government. He is crying when he resigns and looks "sad and yellow".
Who is President Thieu?
500

The main character draws these foods in her writing pad (p.81).

What are pouches of pan-fried shredded coconut, tamarind paste on banana leaf, steamed corn on the cob, rounds of fried dough, wedges of pineapple on a stick, and of course cubes of papaya tender and shiny?

500
The city the mother of the family wrote down first (before choosing to go to America) (p.106).
What is Paris?
500

The book is written in this form.

What is free verse? 

500

Black seeds spill like clusters of eyes, wet and crying (2 answers) 

What is a simile and personification? 

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