In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson - Nov. and Dec.

Which of the following is NOT a reason why the Wongs forgot about the Mid-Autumn Festival?

• Most Americans did not celebrate it.

• Father was hard at work repairing the house.

• Mother had not been feeling well.

• Shirley was too excited over the Dodgers winning the World Series.

What was the significance of the story about the filial daughter and the loving bride?

• Shirley wished that she could live two lives - one in America and one in China.

• Shirley thought that Grandfather's stories never made sense.

• It was Father's favorite story, and he loved to tell it over and over.

• Mother made the story up to make Shirley feel better.

After Thanksgiving, Shirley wrote a ten page letter to her cousins telling them all about her role as a turkey in the school play.

• True

• False

All of the boys voted for Emily as class representative for the Christmas Assembly.

• True

• False

Why did Shirley feel ashamed when Emily asked if Shirley could take her place at the assembly?

• She didn't have the lines memorized.

• She said something very insulting to Emily about her hair.

• She had ignored Emily out of jealousy.

• She didn't know who Jackie Robinson was.

Shirley and her parents put up a Christmas tree at home and decorated it with pictures of her family back in China.

• True

• False

What did Mother mean when she told Shirley that she was with "expectant happiness"?

• Mother meant that she was happy to be a landlord with Father.

• Mother meant that she got a job in a local store.

• Mother meant that she was going to have a baby.

• Mother meant that she was so proud that Shirley was the class representative.

As soon as her new sibling was old enough, what was the most important thing that Shirley wanted to teach him/her?

• How to play baseball

• About life and family back in Chungking

• How to skate backward

• How to chew gum and blow bubbles

All of the tenants of Number Four Willow Street came to see Shirley at the Christmas Assembly.

• True

• False

All of her relatives from China came to see her present the key to the school to Jackie Robinson.

• True

• False