Wonder
What is the name of the Pullman's dog?
Daisy
Kek uses the term "flying boat" to describe an...
airplane
What is the nickname that Josh gives to Jordan's girlfriend?
Miss Sweet Tea
What is a theme of Seedfolks?
Many answers accepted. Example responses: A small action can have a ripple and make a big difference. A garden is a place that brings community together.
At the "jamaica," during her speech about striking, Marta and her friends compare the workers to..
kittens
Before starting school, Mr. Tushman introduces Auggie to three students. What are their names?
When Kek says, "this cold is like claws on my skin," what type of figurative language is he using?
Simile
"JB's eyes are ocean wide, his mouth swimming on the floor." This is an example of what kind of figurative language?
personification
When she first sees her outside of her window, what does Ana think Kim is doing in the garden?
How did Mama get sick?
She was working in the sheds during a dust storm. She got Valley Fever because her body was not accustomed to the dust.
On Halloween, when Auggie didn't have time to put on the Jango Fett costume, he wore...
The Bleeding Scream costume
What does everyone in ESL class begin to call Kek?
Why did Chuck Bell retire from basketball?
He had patella tendinitus, or jumper's knee.
What does Gonzalo refer to by saying, "the older you are the younger you become when you move to the United States"?
When people don't know English and they move to the United States, they feel like children and have to learn all over again.
Why are the people at Esperanza's camp not willing to join the strike?
They fear they will lose their jobs to someone else willing to work for less money.
One of Mr. Browne's precepts was "Your deeds are your monuments." What does this mean?
You are remembered for the things you did and how you treated others.
He accidentally broke his aunt's dishes in the washing machine, and he needs the money to buy her new dishes.
(Half Points) He saw Lou's farm when Dave was driving him home from the airport.
His father passed away in a hospital. He doesn't trust doctors.
She wants her father, who passed away, to notice her.
How did Esperanza display kindness during the immigration sweep?
She found Marta hiding, and she gave her an apron and asparagus to look like a worker.
At the end of the novel, Auggie says that everyone in the world should have a ______ _____ at least once in their lives.
standing ovation
What happened when Kek went to the grocery store for the first time? Why?
He begins to cry because he is surrounded by food and remembers a child who died of starvation.
Give an example of a time Kwame Alexander used foreshadowing leading up to dad's death.
Many answers accepted. Examples include: He kept eating unhealthy, he got a nosebleed, he threw up on the carpet, he froze and grabbed his chest when they were playing basketball, mom made them eat healthy, his father died of a heart attack.
What does Leona plant and why does she plant it?
Goldenrod - in memory of her grandmother that said goldenrod could cure any disease.
The crochet blanket, the roses, the plums, the kitten, etc.