Characters
The narrator of the novel.
Who is Ha?
The item that symbolizes childhood and innocence.
What is Ha's doll OR Khoi's chick?
The city where Ha grew up.
What is Saigon?
"I decided to wake before dawn and tap my big ____ to the tile floor first."
What is toe?
Ha loves this toy, which makes it all the more meaningful when she throws it overboard.
What is her doll?
The character who idolizes Bruce Lee and becomes the head chef in the tent city.
Who is Brother Vu?
This symbolizes home and the family's past life in Saigon.
What is papaya tree?
The island where the family lives before leaving for the United States.
What is Guam?
"Then he adds what no one wants to hear: It’s over; Saigon is _____."
What is gone?
The color of the American's beard that Ha has never seen before.
What is red?
This symbolizes patriarchy.
What is father's portrait?
The country Saigon falls to.
What is North Vietnam?
"The man behind us whispers, Choose _____, more opportunities there..."
What is America?
Ha wishes this person will show up to her classroom for all her classmates to see?
Who is father?
This symbolizes family and mother & father's love for each other.
What is amethyst ring?
The city Ha's mother wrote down first (before choosing to go to America).
What is Paris?
"Then by chance Mother learns sponsors prefer those whose applications say ______"
What is Christian?
This is Brother Khoi's secret.
What is- he took his chick on board with him?
He resigns from his job in the government, crying and looking "sad and yellow."
Who is President Thieu?
This symbolizes hope.
What is nuoc mam?
The state the family will live in with their 'cowboy'.
What is Alabama?
"We watch movies outdoors with images projected onto a white sheet. Brother Quang _______ into a microphone, his voice sad and slow"
What is translates?
The reason Ha feels smart in the poem "Feel Smart"
What is- she bought a little less food to get herself a treat?