Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Vocabulary
100

The name of the main character in the book.

Who is Ha?

100

Brother Khoi brought this in his pocket onto the ship.

What is a chick?

100

The name Ha calls the boy who is bullying her. 

Who is Pink Boy?

100

The item Ha accidentally wears to school thinking it was a dress.

What is a nightgown?

100

Left without the means to move from somewhere.

What is stranded?

200
Ha's brother who has a chick.

Who is Brother Khoi?

200

The first place Ha and her family went after their boat was rescued.

What is Guam?

200

Brother Vu wants everyone to call him this.

Who is Vu Lee?

200

Ha's two friends at school in Alabama.

Who are Pam and Steven?

200

A group of people of things.

What is a cluster?

300

Ha's best friend in Saigon.

Who is TiTi?

300

When Ha get off the ship, she does this to the man who is helping her get off the boat.

What is pull his arm hair out?
300
Ha's tutor in Alabama.

Who is Mrs. Washington?

300
Pam gives this to Ha for Christmas.

What is a new doll?

300

Not able to be endured or tolerated. 

What is unbearable?

400

The names of Ha's three brothers.

Who is Brother Vu, Brother Khoi and Brother Quang?

400

A spicy Vietnamese fish sauce.

What is Nuoc Mam?

400

The stone on Ha's mom's ring.

What is an amethyst?

400

Ha hoped to learn how to do this at the end of the book.

What is a fly-kick?

400

The term for the wind that carries heavy rain to southern Asia, and the rain that comes with the wind.

What is monsoon?

500

The year the Vietnam war ended.

What is 1975?

500

The reason why Ha's mother chooses America to move to at the end of Part 2?

What is someone tells her that her children have a good chance of getting scholarships for college?

500

The cowboy's real name.

Who is Mr. Johnston?

500

The three jobs that Ha's brothers decide to do at the end of the book.

*Must tell which brother decides on which job.*

What is Brother Khoi decides to be a doctor who studies animals. Brother Vu decides to go to cooking school in San Francisco. Brother Quang decides to go to night school to study engineering?

500

Something left over.

What is a remnant?

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