Characters
Main character of A First Time for Everything.
Who is Dan Santat?
The main event at Dan’s first party?
What is the cops show up?
First city they arrive at.
What is Paris, France?
Key theme introduced in the first two chapters of A First Time for Everything.
What is overcoming fear of the unknown?
We see bullies “brutally” attacking another student as we enter Los Altos Middle School.
What is Rising Action or Conflict?
Illness suffered by the main character’s mom.
What is Lupus?
Name of the author of Dan’s speech at the beginning on the story.
Who is A.A. Milne?
Dan’s eventful first party place.
What is Ryan’s House?
This aspect of Dan’s trip helps him relate to the theme of self discovery.
What is learning more about himself and gaining confidence?
Meet Dan, his parents, his city and what he usually likes to do.
What is Exposition?
Character Dan confuses his luggage with?
Who is Amy Glucksbringer?
Causes Dan to loose half of his daily budget on his first day at Paris.
What are those unfortunately delicious Bread Sticks?
Year the story takes place.
What is 1989?
This is the emotion Dan struggles with the most during the trip?
What is nervousness?
In all cool or gray scale colors we se Dan struggle at gym class before he has to walk up the Eiffel Tower.
What is a Flasback?
Dan’s Mom and their mom are friends.
Who is Joy?
Dan’s mom demands him to “TAKE IT OFF!” before he leaves.
What is his Buddha Necklace?
First place Dan and the boy try to explore on their own.
What is the Louvre?
Examples on experience at the Eiffel Tower relating to the theme of firsts.
What is Dan first time in a foreign country, experiencing new things and getting over fears?
Reason to have start with the “embarrassing” speech Dan gives at the start of the story.
What is establishing character background or traits?
Meets Dan at the airport and is a year below him at the same school.
Who is Darryl?
Length of the trip in days.
What is 21 days?
Steps Dan and the gang had to go walk up.
What is the Eiffel Tower/ 674 steps?
This encounter of a “murder” with 700 witnesses ties into the them of personal growth.
What is learning to deal with difficult social situations and becoming more resilient?
Like in a romance movie, Dan confuses his bag with a nice girl he meets at the French airport.
What is trope, cliche or meet cute?