Characters
This character is known to be mean, cheap, demanding, and degrading to people.
Mr. Yao
Gingerly, I lifted the saltine burger to my mouth and took a bite.
careful or cautious manner
She wore a blazer even though it was ninety degrees outside. She looked like what my mother calls a "powerful white lady."
What is Principal Evans.
Mia thought of a better way to wash the towels while they wait for a new washing machine. What was the better way?
In the bathtub.
Putting out flyers of local businesses, customer feedback cards, and collecting renters addresses in case they left items behind.
What are ways Mia tried to spruce up the Front Desk?
This character is Mia's friend.
Lupe
I devoured the burger.
consume, swallow up, demolish.
Mia's teacher asked everyone to go around the room and tell everyone something about themselves. Who is Mia's teacher?
Mrs. Douglas
In school, Mia bragged about having one of these as a pet but it was a lie.
What is a dog?
This person lived next door to Hank. He had a small tattoo of a sailboat on his arm.
Billy Bob
These characters explained the meaning of a loan shark to Mia while playing Monopoly.
The Weeklies?
A comparison of two unlike things that implies one thing is similar to another.
Ex: "You can't pick your own room. This isn't a salad bar!"
What is a metaphor.
What did Mia want to share with her class that was interesting about herself?
She lived and and worked at a Motel.
Mia told Lupe that she named her dog Sonjay. Why did she think of Sonjay?
Mia was still thinking about Jason and Sonjay is Jason flipped around.
This broke causing Mia and her family to clean items by hand.
What is the washing machine?
This character was known as Mia's "Uncle", although he really wasn't. He arrived at the Calivista Motel with a black eye and bruises all over his cheeks and neck.
Uncle Ming
When two things are compared using like or as?
Ex: Every day, the tower of dirty towels from the customers was as tall as me.
What is a Simile.
What is Lupe's entire name?
Guadalupe Garcia
Mia and her family would take pictures to capture events in their life and to create a memory. What would they say when smiling and taking the picture?
eggplant
Mr. Yao told Mia she could not use this at the Motel.
Swimming Pool.
This character cooked hamburgers on his hot plate in his motel room.
Hank
Despite all our efforts, the mountain of towels continued to grow at an alarming rate.
"alarming rate" meaning.....
Who is "Chinese dough boy?"
Jason
Character traits that best describe Mia.
What are selfless, kind, independent, generous?
Installing a panic alarm, security camera or a bulletproof glass was ways to make the motel _______.
Safe