Inside Out and Back Again Part 1

I decided 
to wake before dawn
and tap my big toe
to the tile floor 
first
The reader can infer Ha, the narrator, is

• negative
• strong willed 
• mean

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

No one can sweep,
For why sweep away hope?
No one can splash water, 
For why splash away joy?
In the passage, sweeping & splashing are examples of

• foreshadow good times ahead
• are symbolic of removing feelings which are needed 
• provide a flashback of better times

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

This novel is told from the ________ point of view.

• first person
• third person

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Kim Ha has _____________.

• a pet rat
• three brothers
• a tutor

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Ha's mother and father came south, but what happened to Ha's grandparents - her mother's parents?

• They were killed by the communist.
• They were kidnapped and taken to prison.
• The could not leave the North to come to the South.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Wish mother would stop
Chiding me to stay calm,
Which makes it worse. 
What does chiding mean in the stanza above?

• arguing 
• scolding
• allowing

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Ha and her family must flee their home which is in ____________.

• South Vietnam
• North Vietnam
• Mexico

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Ha's family is torn on whether to leave Saigon or stay, but  __________ helps to convince mother that it is best to leave. 

• Brother Quang
• Uncle Son
• bombs

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Which of the following words best describes the port as people try to board the ship to flee the communists?

• chaotic
• peaceful 
• organized

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

As Ha and her family leave by boat, _______________.

• Saigon is destroyed by the communist
• a monsoon hits Saigon
• Saigon floods with water

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1