1.Why is Maijue's family forced to leave Laos?

2.What actions show how desperate people were?

3.To what does Maijue compare the experience of leaving Laos?

4.How does Maijue's family plan to cross the Mekong?

5.What happens to Maijue's baby sister?

6.How does the Xiong family's life in the refugee camps compare to their life before their escape?

7.Why is Maijue's family able to go to the United States?

8.Why is leaving Thailand so painful for the refugees?

9.What do the refugees call the United States?

10.Why is Maijue's baby brother especially welcomed into the family?