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WorksheetsInside Out & Back Again: Part I
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 39mins
Who is the main character?
Kim Ha
Tem
Sstivvan
Tu Le
Why does the family have to leave their home?
They went looking for their father.
There was a war.
Vu wanted to meet Bruce Lee.
They wanted to go on vacation.
Tet is ________.
The first day of the lunar calendar
A day celebrated as everyone's birthday
The name of Ha's oldest brother
Both a and b
I decided
to wake before dawn
and tap my big toe
to the tile floor
first
Based on this stanza, the reader can infer that Ha is
negative
strong willed
mean
obedient
In early March when TiTi leaves Vietnam, Ha ________.
is upset because she wants to leave too
is happy that her family is poor so they can stay
is afraid that she will have to leave too
hurt because Titi promised she'd never leave
Which of the following best describe Ha's relationship with her mother?
difficult
troubled
loving
combative
What does Ha and her family know about father?
He left them to go find more opportunities
He is returning in one year
He left on a Navy mission and never returned
He is living with his new family in Vung Tau
What action best represents Ha’s affection for her mother?
She follows her everywhere.
She is going to give her the first papaya off of the tree.
She listens to her when her mom tells her to come inside.
She listens to her advice about staying away from her brothers.
Why is Titi leaving?
Her parents got another job in a different city.
She is going to school somewhere else.
The war is coming closer and the rich people flee in boats.
The war is over and her family is relocating.
What action explains why Ha feels smart?
She goes to the market all by herself.
She can find all the ingredients that her mother asks for all by herself.
She buys just a little less than her mom needs so she can buy something for herself.
She can count the money and figure out how much she can buy with the money her mom gives her.
What is the best explanation as to why Brother Khoi cannot keep an egg to hatch?
They need the eggs for food because the price of food has gotten more expensive.
The chicken doesn’t give enough eggs.
The lamp isn’t hot enough to hatch an egg.
Ha likes to dip bread in a nice soft yolk.
How did Ha disobey Mother on the Tet of 1975, the Year of the Cat?
She tapped her big toe on the tile floor to be ahead of her brother.
She stole a speckled egg from the birdhouse above the back door.
She sneaked off TiTi and went for a dip in the cold Mekong River
She took her brother's bright new kite and flew it high above Saigon.
What did Uncle Son do when faced with the option of getting on a new ship?
He convinced Ha's mother to take Ha while he and the boys stayed behind.
He Brother Khoi to swim underwater and inspect the new ship's hull.
He bribed its captain to obtain staterooms for himself and Ha's family.
He resisted boarding, and Ha's family ended up on the roomier first ship.
Chiding me to stay calm,
Which makes it worse.
What does chiding mean in the stanza above?
Who is Thanhha Lai?
The main character of the book
The author of the book
Saigon is...
the former name for Ho Chi Minh city
a Vietnamese soup
the name of a boat
the author of the book
What is Bánh chưng?
A holiday
The main character's name
A book
A traditional Vietnamese food
Ho Chi Minh is a city in
northern Vietnam
southern Vietnam
The lunar calendar is based on the phases of
the sun
the stars
the moon
the dinosaurs
The main character of the book is
a girl
a boy
Why do Ha and Mother go to President Thieu's long annual ceremonies honoring war wives?
They get food supplies afterwards.
They love hearing him speak.
It is their duty as citizens.
It makes them feel closer to Father.
What happened to Ha's school?
A bomb destroyed the school so Ha can no longer attend school.
A siren announces that school will be closed early.
Ha solves a very complicated math problem that won her a sweet potato plant.
Ha's teacher gets fired for having a favorite student.
What does Uncle Son suggest Ha and her family do?
He suggests they should take a helicopter and flee Vietnam.
He suggests they should take a navy boat and leave Vietnam.
He suggests they go join the Northern Vietnamese since they are going to win.
He suggests they stay in their house until the fighting stops.
Why does Brother Khoi not want to leave Vietnam?
Brother Khoi wants to protect his chick.
Brother Khoi wants to save Ha's papaya tree.
Brother Khoi does not want them to leave the country they love.
Brother Khoi does not want to start over in a new place.
I should side with
my most tolerable brother,
but I love a soft yolk
to dip bread.
In this stanza, tolerable means:
funny, amusing
hungry
acceptable, ok
annoying
Black seeds spill
like clusters of eyes,
wet and crying.
This stanza is an example of:
personification
simile
allusion
metaphor
Each child can bring one special thing in their pack when they escape on the boat. Ha chooses to bring:
papaya seeds
an egg
her journal
an old doll
At the family meeting, Brother Vu is the only one who agrees with Mother. He wants to leave Vietnam because:
He is afraid of the Communists
He wants to travel to where Bruce Lee lived.
He wants to find his father
He loves his mother, and wants her to be happy
Five papayas
the sizes of
my head,
a knee,
two elbows,
and a thumb
cling to the trunk
This stanza is an example of:
theme
personification
metaphor
simile
Ha is trying to solve a math riddle before Tram because she wants to win:
a sweet potato plant
a young papaya tree
money to buy her Mother a gift
a piece of sweet rice candy
On her actual birthday, Ha gets one wish. She tells her mother she wants:
A sister
Sweet rice candy
A new journal
A story
