Characters
Kim's foster siblings
Who are Mai and Vinh?
___ "wrote of her longing for her dead mother and her native land and her resolution to return to Vietnam one day….____ was soon swept up in her embellishments” (147).
Who is Mai?
The city of the orphanage Phuong and Truc drive to
Where is Saigon?
The airlifting of children out of Vietnam in 1975
What is Operation Babylift?
Huan's mother
Who is Miss Lien?
____ said “Finding the past doesn’t make anyone feel better when it’s just bad….Everybody [here hates me]....[My parents] never wanted me” (233)
Who is Huan?
The American-based stories take place in this Californian county
What is Orange County?
Vinh stole this from the Bac Nguyen's house
What is the jewelry box?
Bridget attempts to adopt this orphan
Who is Huan?
____ said "[W]hile the people we love are rotting in Vietnam, we’re here enjoying a better life” (97)
Who is Vinh?
The most fertile region of Vietnam, with lots of rice paddies
What is the Mekong Delta?
The college that Mai wants to attend
What is Wellesley College?
This nurse's husband and son are fighting in the war
Who is Hoa?
____ “stared at [the shopkeeper], conscious through every blink of her eyes that the woman was changing into something else. Once familiar, the woman became a stranger again. Her features were not so similar to Kim’s, her face, body language not so loving” (50)
Who is Kim?
Where is Bridget from?
Pittsburgh, PA
Bridget comes home to her husband after this many years
What is 3 years?
A nun who broke off her engagement
Who is Phuong?
"I see people leaving babies at the orphanage doorstep every day. No one wants to take a child in now, especially when we're losing a war" -- ___ (132)
Who is Hoa?
The store that Kim attempts to rob (51)
What is Mekong Gifts
The name of Vinh's gang
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