Q 01/05

In Inside Out & Back Again, which southern US state does Hà's refugee family settle in after a sponsor chooses them?

A) Georgia

B) Alabama

C) Mississippi

D) Tennessee

Answer · why

B) Alabama

Alabama is also where the author's own family settled in 1975. In the novel, Hà sometimes wishes she were back in wartime Saigon instead of on its qui...

Q 02/05

In Inside Out & Back Again, which fruit tree, twice Hà's height, does she check every morning in her Saigon backyard?

A) Papaya

B) Mango

C) Guava

D) Lychee

Answer · why

A) Papaya

Papaya is the taste Hà misses most in America. Before fleeing, the family cuts down the biggest fruit, still not fully ripe, so the Communists cannot ...

Q 03/05

In Inside Out & Back Again, which martial arts film star does Hà's brother Vũ idolize, even borrowing his surname?

A) Jackie Chan

B) David Carradine

C) Bruce Lee

D) Sonny Chiba

Answer · why

C) Bruce Lee

Bruce Lee is why Vũ votes to leave Saigon: he wants to see where his hero lived. In America he renames himself Vu Lee and teaches the neighbors his mo...

Q 04/05

In Inside Out & Back Again, on which Pacific island does Hà's family live in a tent city after weeks adrift?

A) Oahu

B) Saipan

C) Okinawa

D) Guam

Answer · why

D) Guam

Guam sheltered more than 100,000 Vietnamese evacuees in 1975. In the novel an American ship tows Hà's crippled vessel there, and her brother Vũ become...

Q 05/05

In Inside Out & Back Again, which breakfast food does the bully Pink Boy compare Hà's face to?

A) A pancake

B) A waffle

C) A doughnut

D) A biscuit

Answer · why

A) A pancake

A pancake was something Hà's mother had never heard of, so a sobbing Hà could not even explain the insult. It came on Halloween, a holiday nobody had ...