Mythology
Ana and Miguel read this popular middle-school book series based on Greek mythology.
What is the Percy Jackson series/Percy Jackson and the Olympians?
Ana's Favorite Poetry Book - A moving manifesto in poems and essays rooted in tenderness, authenticity, and resistance.
What is A Rebellion of Care by David Gate?
The airport code for Portland, Oregon.
What is PDX?
Ana's favorite book is a NY Times Bestseller and 2009 Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Mystery
What is Paper Towns by John Green?
Ana believes Miguel is this mythological creature.
What is a vampire?
Ana dislikes this Greek hero who is looking for a way home, and is the subject of a current blockbuster movie.
Who is Odysseus?
This author wrote poems examining such things as women's role in society, racism, politics, and war. "Diving Into The Wreck" is one of Ana's favorites.
Who is Adrienne Rich?
Famous sculpture in Portland, Oregon. A famous tv show about the city is named after it.
What is Portlandia?
The name of Ana's business in middle school
What is Ana's Positive Products?
Pet name for one of Miguel's most prominent physical features.
What is Alexander?
A Norse mythology figure commonly referred to as the Allfather.
Who is Odin?
One of Miguel's favorite poets. He grew up in Dublin and he is also well-known for his plays and witty humor.
Who is Oscar Wilde?
The Washington state bird, famous for its yellow color.
What is the Willow Goldfinch?
Ana's favorite artist
Who is Frida Kahlo?
Miguel's favorite author; most well known for her science fiction and fantasy who also lived in Portland, Oregon.
Who is Ursula K. LeGuin?
Aztec war god who is often depicted as a bird we see often in Colorado.
Who is Huitzilopochtli?
Miguel's favorite poem, although he does not like the poet as a person.
What is The Hollow Men by T.S. Eliot?
Famous 90's TV show about an FBI agent investigating the murder of a high school girl in a small town in Washington.
What is Twin Peaks?
Ana's favorite Bible verse
What is"Be Still, and Know That I am God." (Psalms 46:10)
Two languages that Miguel has practiced on Duolingo that are related to his ancestry.
What are Catalan and Irish?
Famous tragic Irish hero whose name means "Hound of Cullan".
Who is Cú Chulainn?
Based in Bainbridge, WA, an author famous for her best-selling historical and dramatic novels.
Who is Kristin Hannah?
This Washington city in the indigenous language, Interior Salish, means "children of the sun".
What is Spokane?
The event that occurred on Christmas Day 2013
Ana dislocated her arm by leaning against a wall, wearing socks
Miguel wrote his senior thesis on this branch of Mathematics.
What is comparative algebra?