Plot
Who said it?
Miscellaneous
100
What happened during recess on the playground?
Pigtails wanted to fight Nguyen.
100
"Come on. Let's fight"
Pigtails.
100
What is Tet?
Vietnamese New Year.
200
Was Nguyen's father's party a success or failure?
Failure! It had been a financial bust.
200
"This is what you want to eat, well, you'd better eat it."
Rosa.
200
What did Anh and Bich take to school on Tet?
Banh chung/ rice cakes
300
In Chapter 8, while Nguyen was at one of the last Vietnamese events she attended, what two things did she realize?
It occurred to her that she was in a place that none of her friends from school would ever understand and she had choices.
300
"Don't you know you're not supposed to sit there? Don't you know you're supposed to wait until other people start eating?"
Rosa.
300
What did Rosa sometimes call Nguyen's father when they danced?
The Vietnamese Arthur Murray.
400
What did Tara's mother show Bich Nguyen?
Tara's mother showed her that she had no manners because she sat at the head of the table and started eating before they prayed.
400
"You can't tell me what to do. You're not my real mother."
Bich Nguyen.
400
What did Nguyen realize after she saw Tiffany at the Vietnamese party?
Nguyen realized that Anh and her had missed out on an entire system, a community.
500
What were Nguyen's thought on commercials.
Nguyen writes: "To me, life lived in commercials was real life. Commercials were instructions; they were news. They showed me what perfection could be: in the right woman's hands, the layers of a cake would always be exactly the same size. . ."
500
"You're the only one whose mom didn't let her come to school during the strike."
Jamie Taylor.
500
What happened after Nguyen told Rosa, "You can't tell me what to do. You're not my real mother."
Rosa showed her what it would be like if she were a homemaker.
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