Characters
The main character in this story.
The country where the story begins.
What is Vietnam?
What was Ha's choice to take with her?
What is her doll?
What is he was captured by the Communists nine years ago?
Brother Quang said Ha was as red and fat as a _____ when she was born, so he called her _________ _________.
What is hippopotamus and River Horse?
A fan of Bruce Lee and Johnny Cash.
Who is Brother Vu?
The year and holiday when this story begins.
What is 1975 on Tet (New Year's Day)?
It closed too soon because of the war.
What is Ha's school?
The date (Month, day, year) Ha's family leaves Saigon.
What is April 30, 1975?
Why the poem on p. 60 called "Wet and Crying."
What is because papaya seeds look like eyes that are wet and crying?
One of two things Ha loves most.
Who is Mother?
The city where Ha's family lives. (150 points)
The direction this city is located in the country (150 points)
What is Saigon? What is the South?
What Ha does that makes her feel smart. (p. 19-20)
She buys a little less than what Mother asks for so she can buy herself treats.
Three things Ha's family takes and three things they leave.
Answers will vary.
Father's wrinkles at the corners of his eyes are compared to ___________ ___________. (p.13)
What is peacock tails?
He is a college student.
Who is Brother Quang?
What Ha says is coming close in "Inside Out."
What is war?
The reason Mother and Ha go Downtown (p. 32).
What is to attend a ceremony for war wives and receive food for the family?
Explain the pact Brother Khoi and Ha make.
They make a pinky promise that they will stay to take care of the chicks and papaya tree.
Things that are compared when Mother is sewing the packs.
Possible answers: needle to a worm; stitches to eggs.
Ha's father's best friend.
Who is Uncle Son?
Where Ha's family is at the end of Part 1.
What is on a ship?
Who in Ha's family wants to leave Saigon? Who wants to stay?
Brother Vu, Brother Quang, and Mother want to leave. Brother Khoi and Ha want to stay.
Explain the pact Mother and Father have.
They plan to find each other through Father's family home in the North if they are separated by war.
Ha's family pretends the sounds of war are ________.
What is an early monsoon?