The Land That I Lost (Nhuong)

infested

• overrun by pests or parasites
• filled with happiness
• covered in dust
• overwhelmed by joy

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

wily

• honest

• sly
• new

• shiny

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

hallucination

• A visual perception of your ancestors

• An auditory perception of animals

• A tactile perception of something that is in the other room

• A dreamlike perception in the absence of external stimulus

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

placate

• To make someone less angry or hostile
• To provoke someone further
• To ignore someone's feelings
• To make someone more angry

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

avenge

• To steal someone's property

• To apologize for something you didn't do

• To forgive and forget

• To inflict harm in return for an injury or wrong done to oneself or another.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What does Lan's mother find on the windowsill and who left it there?

• a fish left by Trung

• an alligator left by her ex-husband

• flowers left by her Lan

• some vegetables left by the gardener

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

What does Lan do for Trung's mother?

• She polishes her shoes.

• She gives her cookies and helps her fix Trung's fishing net.

• She makes her dinner and teaches her to sew.

• She takes her to town and helps her buy groceries.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Why does Lan's mother ignore the custom of the groom's giving gifts to the bride's family?

• She didn't need anything given to her.

• She was too prideful and independent.

• The families had been long-time friends and neighbors.

• She didn't want her daughter to get married.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What happens to Lan as she bathes on her wedding night?

• She gets abducted by aliens.

• She runs away.

• She drowns in the river.

• She gets taken by a crocodile.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

How does Trung know that Lan isn't dead?

• He hears her crying out for help and sees her waving to him from an island.

• The crocodile taunts him and tells him that she isn't dead.

• His brother sees her on an island and tells him she is alive.

• A spirit tells him she is alive in a dream.