Pages 1-117

Reading Check

1. Her aunt Velvet (Pages 1-42)

2. It has a lot of patches (Pages 1-42)

3. Al (Pages 1-42)

4. Julian (Pages 43-48)

5. His cross (Pages 70-88)

Short Answer

1. Red is the present. Yellow marks a memory. Blue is used for fairytales. (Pages 1-42)

2. They both seem to speak different languages, as Hiền primarily speaks Vietnamese while Tiền uses English more often. (Pages 1-42)

3. They’ve become citizens, giving them more flexibility to travel. (Pages 1-42)

4. He doesn’t know how to say that he is gay in Vietnamese. (Pages 43-48)

5. She doesn’t want him to miss out on anything, especially since she never had an opportunity to attend school dances. (Pages 70-88)

Pages 118-184

Reading Check

1. Her mother has passed away. (Pages 118-127)

2. Because he has nothing to wear (Pages 118-127)

3. A magic fish (Pages 128-150)

4. She makes her separate grains of white and brown rice. (Pages 128-150)

5. Julian (Pages 151-165)

6. Her shoe (Pages 151-165)

7. The bird tricks her into bathing in scalding oil.