Across
- 1. what does ha get from pem that makes her happy?
- 2. what gem is on mother's ring?
- 3. what is nuoc mam?
- 7. what letter bothers ha when learning English?
- 8. who is the main character?
- 9. what is the starting setting for the book?
- 12. what does ha take when they flee Vietnam?
- 14. why did ha's mother move from north to south veitnam?
- 15. who does mother visit every new year?
- 18. what did ha have to eat in her sack?
- 19. what does mother's amethyst ring symbolize?
- 20. who makes fun of ha?
- 21. where does part 1 take place?
Down
- 1. what does mother get from miss Washington?
- 3. who in ha's family got lost in war?
- 4. why did ha's family move to the basement of the cowboy's house?
- 5. what does ha miss most from veitnam?
- 6. what is Tet?
- 7. why does ha's mother become christian?
- 10. ha's papaya tree is a symbol of what?
- 11. what does mother want to sell so she can buy things in the camp?
- 13. what was the bad smell on the refugee ship?
- 15. when is everyone's birthday in Vietnam?
- 16. what does ha's mother think the Vietnamese president is?
- 17. how does ha's sponsor get his nickname?