Extract 1
1. What country is the family fleeing from?
Vietnam
1. What does the Grandma like to shoot on the video game?
1. animals
1. Anh Do and Khoa hate their school St. Aloysius--True or False?
1. False
1. What is one kind of trip for the role-play?
1. Hiking, City, Beach, or Staycation
1. What is a refugee?
1. A person who has to flee their home because of violence
1. What 2 groups of people are dangerous to people on Anh Do's boat?
Pirates and soldiers (patrol guards)
1. What did the Grandma accidentally throw away in the trash?
2. What is the name of the Catholic school the boys will attend?
1. Anh Do's Australian citizenship certificate
2. St. Aloysius
1. How many years did Anh Do go to St. Aloysius?
A. 3 years/B. 4 years/C. 5 years/D. 6 years
2. What kind of clothes did the boys have to wear at school that were very expensive?
1. D
2. Uniforms
1. What city did your group of friends go to 2yrs ago?
2. Why does one friend want to go to the beach?
1. Rome
2. To relax and release stress
1. What is a canal?
2. What is a priest?
1. A man-made river
2. A male religious teacher
1. What does the pirate boy do to save everyone on Anh Do's boat's lives?
2. What country are the people from who throw Anh Do's father the axe?
3. What is a "hold" on a ship?
1. He throws them a container of water
2. Germany
3. A place to store people or things under the dock
1. One of Anh Do's schools mottos is: "Born for Lesser Things." True or False?
2. What jobs do the parents do?
3. What did Anh Do get to reduce the school fees by 50%?
1. False
2. Sew clothes (tailors)
3. Scholarship
1. Who is Mrs. Borny? How does she help Anh Do?
2. What restaurant was a treat for Anh Do's family?
3. What was the name of Anh Do's good friend at school?
1. She is an English teacher who organizes a drama class for Anh Do and teaches him how to act and write
2. McDonald's
3. Phil Keenan
1. What is a "staycation"?
2. Where is the region of Patagonia? What country?
3. Which friend hates hiking?
1. A type of vacation where you stay at home or rent a hotel nearby to relax, not spend a lot of time traveling, and not spend a lot of money
2. Argentina (South America)
3. The one who wants to go to a city
1. What is a saint?
2. What is a riot?
3. What is a coach?
1. A man or woman who led a very good, religious life that other people highly respect
2. When a group of people protest something very violently and attack or destroy other people/things
3. A sports teacher
1. What is a pilothouse on a boat?
2. The storm ruins what kind of food on the boat?
3. Anh Do's uncles and father worked with what country's military during the Vietnamese War?
4. What does one of the uncle's swallow to prevent a pirate from stealing it?
1. Where you drive (steer) the boat
2. rice
3. South Vietnam
4. a golden cross
1. What family member is always positive...even with failure?
2. What kind of animal is named "Dinner" in the story?
3. Anh Do's mother and father never put pressure on the boys--True or False?
4. What fast-food restaurant does the family go to celebrate?
1. Father
2. The pheasant (bird)
3. True
4. McDonald's
1. What did Anh Do have to borrow at school from his friends?
2. What were Anh Do's shoes brand called? What were they made out of?
3. How many points does Anh Do need to score in a game to win better shoes?
4. What drink made Anh Do's shoes slippery instead of sticky?
1. textbooks
2. Kind Lions/vinyl (hard plastic)
3. 30 points
4. Diet Coke
1. Which friend thinks it is his/her turn to pick the vacation?
2. What is solo traveling?
3. Which city did Joseph travel to last weekend to see his American friend? *5 guesses
4. What is Joseph going to do this coming weekend? *5 guesses
1. the beach friend
2. traveling alone
3. Shanghai
4. hiking around a mountain park
1. What is racism?
2. What is a landlord?
3. what is a British/Australian word for a male friend?
4. Why did Chinese men start coming to Australia in the 1850's?
1. to not like a group of people because of their skin color
2. a person who owns the home, apartment, or office that you rent
3. mate
4. To mine for gold
1. How many groups of pirates do Anh Do's family encounter?
2. What does the German captain throw to Anh Do's father?
3. Why does Anh Do's family try to escape from Vietnam?
4. How does a boy die on the boat journey?
5. What 4 words can describe what life is like on the shipping hold for everyone?
1. Two
2. Axe
3. Because the father & uncles worked with the South Vietnamese military, which lost the war to the North Vietnamese
4. He kills himself by jumping into the ocean
5. dirty, stinky, hot, crowded, dark, nasty
1. The Grandma likes to grow lemons in her garden--True or False?
2. Why is the Grandma important in the story?
3. What kind of school do Anh Do and Khoa attend in Australia?
4. Who likes to say "doesn't matter"?
5. What does Anh Do realize about his parents as they leave the 1st meeting with St. Aloysius school?
6. What are 2 reasons the parents like St. Aloysius?
1. False--limes
2. Because she raises the boys as their parents work long hours
3. Catholic
4. Mother
5. He realizes that the risked their lives and work long hours to give Anh Do and Khoa better lives
6. Good grades and teaches good life values
1. What country is the basketball coach from?
2. Why does Anh Do use lemonade on his shoes?
3. What was the family struggling with when Anh Do was 15?
4. Who is often sick in the family?
5. Who in the family later becomes a professional photographer?
1. Ireland
2. To make them sticky so he can play basketball without slipping
3. $$
4. Mother
5. Tram--the sister
1. what is a youth hostel?
2. What is a "foodie"?
3. What does "backpacking" mean?
4. What does "cuisine" mean?
5. What kind of people like to go on group vacations? What are 2 reasons why?
1. a cheap hotel for young people to stay and sleep together in the same rooms
2. A person who loves food and would travel to eat
3. To hike with a backpack and maybe a tent to go hiking in nature
4. The food of a region or country
5. Older people because it's safer, everything is arranged already, they can travel with other people like them, don't need to know a foreign language
1. What is a patrol boat?
2. What is a prayer?
3. What is a paddy? What is an example of one in the story?
4. What is a scholarship? Who gets one in the story?
5. What is asthma?
1. a military boat used to protect the ocean boundaries of a country
2. The act of asking God for help or to give thanks to God
3. A flat place to grow food like rice. Anh Do's family's yard because of the Grandmother
4. When a school gives you $$ to attend their school.
5. A medical condition where you can't breath without a medical spray