In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson - July and August

Shirley feared that she was forgetting China and her Chinese culture.

• True

• False

What was Jackie Robinson's uniform number?

• 44

• 32

• 42

• 24

Mother and Father loved listening to the baseball games on the radio as much as Shirley did.

• True

• False

What did Shirley volunteer to do for Toscanini?

• Take him for a walk.

• Let him fly outside.

• Teach him a new song.

• Go shopping for new seeds.

Why was Senora crying when Shirley returned with Toscanini?

• She has not seen her daughter in ten years.

• She didn't like her new dentures.

• She no longer liked playing the piano.

• Shirley had to move, and she was upset.

Shirley told Senora that her mother and father would take care of the house while Senora was away without asking her parents first.

• True

• False

What surprise did Father have for Shirley that cost a month's rent?

• new clothes

• a telephone

• tickets to a ball game

• a new bed

What was a "beastly mess"?

• Senora's apartment

• the basement

• Shirley's closet

• the classroom

What did Father do with some of the junk in the basement?

• He made Shirley color code all of the items.

• He shoved everything into a corner for Senora to deal with later.

• He took it to the curb to be picked up as trash.

• He turned it into valued presents for every tenant who lived at 4 Willow Street.

Father didn't ask for Shirley's help with painting the hallways because he was very meticulous.

• True

• False