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•How is Ha’s papaya tree doing? How do you know?

•Is the papaya tree healthy or not? What is your evidence?

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Ha's papaya tree is doing well, for she mentioned how her brothers were able to see a flower and a "baby papaya" on the tree.

The papaya tree is healthy, for Ha describes and states how she'd "rise first every morning [. . .] to witness its ripening.

Step-by-step explanation:

Thanhha Lai's story "Inside Out and Back Again" is about a young girl, Ha living during the war in the Vietnam War. The story also covers the efforts of the family to escape Saigon and go to America, without their father who's missing fighting at the war.

The story about the papaya tree is from Part I: Saigon where Ha describes her papaya tree that she "flicked into the back garden." The tree is growing, for she explicitly states- "The tree has grown / twice as tall [. . . ] Brother Khôi spotted / the first white blossom [. . .] Brother Vũ later found / a baby papaya / the size of a fist".

The papaya tree is healthy, for her brothers notice a flower and a "baby papaya". Moreover, she ends the section by stating she'd "rise first every morning / to stare at the dew / on the green fruit / shaped like a lightbulb. / I will be the first / to witness its ripening."

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