Characters
She is the main character.
Who is Há?
What is Saigon?
The main symbol of the novel, symbolizing hope.
What is a papaya tree?
This prefix word means "out".
What is "E"?
Solely the facts
What is objective?
He is the oldest brother.
Who is Quang?
The war took place in this country.
What is Vietnam?
This was a special item that Há chose to bring with her when she left her home country
What is a doll?
A set of letters that goes at the BEGINNING of a word to adjust its meaning.
What is a prefix?
Influenced by personal feelings or opinion
What is subjective?
He is 14 years old and loves animals.
Who is Khoi?
Ha's family escaped on this.
What is a boat?
Ha and Brother Khoi threw these belongings overboard the same day they paid respects to their lost country
What is: Brother Khoi's dead chick and Ha's childhood doll wrapped in Mother's handkerchief
A set of letters at the END of a word to adjust its meaning.
What is a suffix?
Define the word malnourished.
What is poorly or badly fed?
She is sad, hardworking, loves her family.
Who is Mother?
The largest group of refugees in the world come from this country.
What is Palestine?
(Verb) to represent something else; for example Ha's doll _________ her childhood.
symbolize
In the word REPATRIATION, the prefix "RE" means again, and the root word "PATRIA" means homeland. Using this information, what does REPATRIATION mean?
What is to return to one's home country / homeland?
a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster.
Who is a refugee?
He was captured by communists and was never seen again.
Who is Father?
This refugee camp is on the hot, dry border of Kenya, Sudan, and Ethiopia. It provides shelter for more than 80,000 refugees.
What is Kakuma Camp?
Mother is sick
with waves in her stomach
Because we know mother is on a ship and the ship is moving, what is she sick with?
What is seasickness?
The most basic form of a word, carrying its core meaning.
What is a root word?
To be oppressed or harassed, especially because of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or beliefs
What is persecuted?