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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?