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This is the head of the Nguyen
family’s first name.
Who is Noi?
April 29th 1975, as the last
helicopters left, this was closing in.
What is the North Vietnamese army?
This is the city where the Nguyen family lives at the very beginning of
the memoir.
What is Saigon?
This game, Bich’s father taught the
cooks on board their first refugee ship in
exchange for powdered milk.
What is Poker?
Fruit the children ate on the refugee ship to Subic Bay,
Philippines.
What is an apple?
This is Uncle Chu Cuong’s best
friend.
Who is Chu Dai?
The reason Grandmother
chose Michigan as a place to settle.
What is the reputation of The
University of Michigan?
This is the island base where the
Nguyen family first lives briefly in their
saga as refugees.
What is Guam?
A holiday with Fireworks the
Nguyen family goes downtown to
celebrate in Grand Rapids
What is the Fourth of July?
When she becomes their stepmother,
this is the food Rosa says the girls are
eating too much of.
What is candy?
This person says: “Shoot me if you have to, but my
family is going…”
Who is Anh and Bich’s father?
Famous Grand Rapids company
founded by Richard DeVos and Jay Van
Andel in 1959.
What is Amway?
This is the military base where the
Nguyen’s first live in the United
States.
What is Fort Chaffee, Arkansas?
“My father built a shelf for [this person] who sat perpetually smooth, peaceful, eyes closed, palms
facing up…”
Who is Buddha?
This is whom the foodon the altar
was meant to feed.
Who are
the
Ancestors?
Anh and Bich’s stepmother & stepsister….
Who are Rosa and Crissy?
Bich and Anh’s father’s employer.
What was the North American
Feather Company?
These are the three U.S. states where the Nguyens are offered
sponsorship for resettlement.
What are California,
Michigan, and Wyoming?
“To us [Anh and Bich] it was, and
remained for years, glitter and gifts….”
What was Christmas?
“All of these were set upon the altar
before making their way to our
mouths”
What were fresh fruits…?
Who wore yellow pants to be recognized?
Who was Uncle Chu Cuong?
Early on, Anh and Bich learned much English this way.
What is listening to television and popular songs during the mid
1970’s?
Uncle Chu Anh ends up studying
engineering in this city at this prestigious university.
What is The University of
Michigan in Ann Arbor
An annual spring event in nearby
Holland, complete with prizes and a
parade.
What was the Tulip Time Festival?
Nicole Heidenga is eating these when she asks the girls:
“Where’s your mom?”
What are Pringles?
Make your wager
Rosa is pregnant with him at the end
of chapter two.
Who is Anh and Bich’s half brother
Vinh?
