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WorksheetsOne Crazy Summer
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
At the beginning of One Crazy Summer, where is Ria and her sisters?
car
plane
train
Who is flying with ... at the beginning of One Crazy Summer? What are their names and what type of plane are they flying on and where are they flying to?
Her sisters Vonetta and Fern are flying on a Boeing 727 to San Fransisco, California
Her sisters Vonetta and Fern are flying on a Boeing 727 to Los Angeles, California
Her sisters Vonetta and Fern are flying on a Boeing 727 to Oakland, California
Why does Delphine try to calm her sisters?
Because they are scared
So Pa and Big Ma don’t hear about them making a spectacle of themselves
Because she is very good at taking care of her sisters
What other name is Cassius Clay known as?
Mike Tyson
Muhhammad Ali
How does Delphine describe the turbulence during their flight to her sisters? To herself?
She tells her sisters that it is just the clouds bumping and pushing the plane. She pictures them fighting with the plane and throwing punches like Cassius Clay
She tells them they will be ok
She imagines clouds as something they can touch
What does Delphine say Pa was trying to act like when he was dropping them off at the airport?
Like he was dropping them off at a baby-sitter so he can have some free time
Like he was so excited to be free of them
Like he was dropping off three sacks of wash at the Laundromat
Why can Delphine “see through Pa”?
She knows him very well
He only has one or two faces, nothing hidden, nothing exaggerated
She is just like her dad
Who decided the girls should go see Cecil, and why?
Pa, it was just something whose time had come
Big Ma
Delphine because she wanted to see her mom
What do the girls see themselves doing in California?
Riding surfboards, picking oranges and apples, filling out autograph books from movies stars they’d see in soda shops, and going to Disneyland
Only going to Disneyland
Going to Disneyland and the beach
Why does Big Ma call the JFK airport Idlewild?
She forgot the name of the airport
She gives nicknames to everything her own way
Because that is the old name of the airport before it was changed to JFK
How old was Delphine when Cecile left?
Four going on five
Six going on seven
Three going on four
How much money did Pa give to Delphine before their flight to Oakland and where did she hide it?
$300 and she hid it in shoes
$200 and she hid it in her purse
$200 and she hid it in her shoes
Big Ma asked someone to look out for Delphine and her sisters on the plane. Who did she ask and what did Delphine say she was really on the lookout for?
Big Ma told the N***Jackie Kennedy, but she was really only on the lookout for her seat according to Delphine
Big Ma because she did not want anyone to sit in Pa's place
