2. She is rebellious because she taps her toe before her brothers do.

3. Kim Ha didn't want to leave home because of her attachment to her papaya tree.

4. Brother Vu cuts down Kim Ha's papaya tree so the communists can't have it.

5. Kim Ha throws her doll off the ship when they escape Vietnam to help her brother Khoi.

6. Kim Ha's family moves to Alabama.

7. Kim Ha struggles in Alabama and misses home.

8. Kim Ha and her family are baptized.

2. He is the oldest of his siblings.

3. He didn't want to leave Vietnam and felt shame in abandoning his country.

4. He knows English.

5. He was a translator on the island and the ship.