Inside Out & Back Again Part I Review

The text structure of Inside out & Back Again is best described as_______________.

• diary entries written in free verse poetry

• diary entries written in rhyming poetry

• an epic poem

• diary entries

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

Which of the following phrases best describes the Vietnamese holiday of Têt?

• It is the celebration of the birth of a savior

• it is the celebration of the oldest male in the family

• It is the Vietnamese New Year

• It is a week-long festival.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Têt is also a celebration of _______________.

• the fall of saigon

• the end of the war

• everyone's birthday

• Hô Chi Minh's birthday

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.2

On Têt, why are splashing water and sweeping forbidden?

• No sign of happiness is allowed

• Swimming and cleaning are discouraged

• It is believed that hope and joy will be swept and splashed away

• none of the above

At home, Hà takes dailynotice of the growth of ____________.

• her brothers

• the growing conflict between North and South Vietnam

• her papaya tree

• her own height

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

Hà tells us that the papaya tree, "Grew from a seed I flicked into the back garden/A seed like a fish eye, slippery shiny black." Which two literary elements does Hà use?

• Repetition and Rhyme

• Rhyme and imagery

• Hyperbole and repeition

• Simile and imagery

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

In "Birthday Wishes," Hà wishes for many things. Which of the following is the only one not typical of a child-like wish?

• Her short hair to grow

• Her father to return

• Her skin to darken

• A sister

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

How does Mother have eyes that are both "sunken and deep like Westerners'/yet almond-shaped like ours"?

• She has round eyes like Americans

• She has oval eyes physically but figuratively they are deep because they are filled with emotion.

• she is blind

• she has two different looking eyes

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.4

How does Hà react when her school is closed a month early due to the dangers of the war?

• She celebrates the early vacation

• She wins the sweet potato plant that is given away in class

• She pinches the girl next to her in anger

• She looks forward to attending school in another place

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Brother Khôi makes a pinky shake promise with Hà to____________________.

• bring the new chick and the papaya tree with them

• do whatever they can to please their mother

• search for their missing father

• stay home to protect the chick and the papayas

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1