Inside Out & Back Again Whole Book Quiz

Use Part 1 from the book to help you answer this question: In “1975: Year of the Cat” (the first chapter in the book), Kim Hà and her family are celebrating...

• her birthday

• the New Year

• Christmas

Use Part 1 from the book to help you answer this question: Kim Hà is told that one of her brothers needs to rise first to bless the house with his feet. In response, Kim Hà decides to...

• yell at her brothers

• touch the floor first

• cry and complain

Use Part 1 from the book to help you answer this question: Reread the chapter titled “Kim Hà.” Which of the following provides the best summary of Kim Hà’s relationship with her family members?

• Kim Hà is devoted to her mother while she is annoyed by her brothers.

• Kim Hà hates her mother after she is scolded for teasing her brothers.

• Kim Hà is angry at her brothers and blames her suffering on her mother.

• Kim Hà loves her brothers while she thinks her mother is evil.

Use Part 1 from the book to help you answer this question: In “Bridge to the Sea,” what plan does Uncle Sơn share with Hà’s mother?

• They will sell their house to buy plane tickets to get to America.

• They will leave their home through the back door and board a navy ship.

• They will bypass the airport security checkpoint with their uncle.

• They will leave their home in South Vietnam and walk to North Vietnam.

Use Part 2 from the book to help you answer this question: In “Brother Khôi’s Secret,” Kim Hà finds out Khôi has been hiding...

• his pet chick

• her papayas

• a letter from her father

• leftover food

Use Part 2 from the book to help you answer this question: In “Last Respects,” Kim Hà ties her brothers pet chick into a bundle with _________ and then drops the bundle into the sea.

• her doll

• her mother's hair

• a bowl of rice

• her toothbrush

Use Part 2 from the book to help you answer this question: Which of the following quotes from the text provides the most reasonable explanation for why Kim Hà plucks one hair from the man’s arm in “Golden Fuzz”?

• “We are told / to pack / our crisscrossed packs / and line up in a single file.” (5–8)

• “I touch it, / so real and long, / not knowing if I will / have another chance / to touch golden fuzz.” (15–19)

• “Mother slaps my hand. / Brother Quang speaks quickly / in the language I must learn.” (21–23)

• “I’m grateful the boat / starts to rock, / so Mother hasn’t / the composure / to scold me, / not just yet.” (25–30)

Use Part 2 from the book to help you answer this question: Which of the following best summarizes what happens to Kim Hà and her family after they get off the Navy ship?

• They go to a camp in Guam where they live in a tent, take English lessons, and watch American movies.

• They travel to the United States where they are given a new home and attend a new school.

• They are asked to go back to South Vietnam, where they will begin their search for Kim Hà’s father.

• They go to a camp in Guam where they are given a new home and learn to cook American food.

Use Part 2 from the book to help you answer this question: Reread the chapter “Choose,” where Kim Hà’s mother is deciding where to move her family. In the next chapter, “Another Tent City,” we find out what decision she made. Why does Kim Hà’s mother make the decision she does?

• Hà’s mother chooses America because she believes her sons will be able to earn scholarships and go to college.

• Ha’s mother chooses to stay in South Vietnam because it is her home and because her husband lives there.

• Ha’s mother chooses America because she wants Kim Hà to learn to speak English and become a lawyer.

• Ha’s mother chooses Paris because she has an extended family and knows many Vietnamese who live there.

Use Part 3 from the book to help you answer this question: In the chapter “English Above All,” the cowboy’s wife insists Kim Hà and her family “keep out of / her neighbor’s eyes” (11–12). What does this imply about how the cowboy’s wife feels about Kim Hà and her family?

• She is worried that they will be uncomfortable in the basement.

• She is overwhelmed by her new guests.

• She is happy that they are living in her house.

• She is ashamed that they are living in her house.