It is the political situation in Tianjin that has citizens fleeing from the city.
What is fear of the Communist takeover?
100
Adeline is rescued from the convent school of St. Joseph by this family who are related to Niang.
Who are the Schillings?
100
Adeline is happy to stay behind and massage Ye Ye's neck when ordered because...
What is because it was the first time Niang had acknowledged her since her arrival?
100
Monica starts making fun of Adeline because she is jealous when this happened.
What is when Adeline's essays were selected over hers?
100
Fourth Brother tried to pull this prank on Ye Ye.
What is prop encyclopedias over the door so they would fall on Ye Ye when he entered the room?
200
Father cannot fill out the landing card on the plane to Tianjin because he cannot remember these two things about her.
What are Adeline's Chinese name and her birth date?
200
Adeline starts to cry when she is being taken away from the school for this reason.
What is because she does not know Aunt Reine and has never had any other visitors before her?
200
As Adeline followed Ye Ye into his room, she noticed this change in him because his voice sounded this way.
What is in defeat; he had given up?
200
Adeline is so moved by this story because it reminded her of Ye Ye and Niang.
What is King Lear?
200
Eleanor did this because she thought Adeline would get a kick out of having her number called.
What is change the number on her egg from 31 to 37?
300
Adeline is placed in a grade with five-to eight-year-olds because placement is made by the ability to do this.
What is speak English?
300
Adeline is surprised to find out that her family had left Shanghai for Hong Kong, and Big Sister and her husband left for this island country.
What is Taiwan?
300
Adeline notices that this person contrasts sharply with her own brothers because he is gentle, protective and nice to his sister and to Adeline.
Who is Victor?
300
At Ye Ye's funeral, Niang made Adeline feel even worse when she told Father this about her.
What is that Adeline is getting uglier and uglier as she grows older and taller?
300
Victor was so impressed by this creative book, that Adeline gave it to him when he gallantly stayed with her instead of leaving for an outing with the family.
What is Paper Magic?
400
As the students have all left and only Adeline is there for Christmas, she is given this present from Mother Marie.
What is the book, Paper Magic?
400
On board the ship, Adeline knew that Aunt Reine was caring and kind because she insisted that she, Claudine and Adeline choose a card to see who would sleep here.
What is on a cot?
400
Adeline is actually relieved when she is admitted to Sacred Heart School because Niang has enrolled her as this.
What is a boarder?
400
It is why Adeline spent all her time over the holidays writing.
What is to enter the International Playwriting Competition?
400
The girls at school play this game where they give each other compliments and an honest view of each other's character traits.
What is Best Features?
500
It is the reason that Adeline has no letters from Aunt Baba while in Tianjin.
What is because Niang ordered all incoming and outgoing mail to be held by the convent?
500
Upon arriving at the new home in Hong Kong, Naing was thrilled to see that Aunt Reine had hidden these inside the buttons on her coat.
What was her diamond collection?
500
It is why having an egg for breakfast at Sacred Heart is so special.
What is because someone from home must care enough about you to bring the eggs to the school for you?
500
It is how Father learned that Adeline had won for her play, Gone with Locusts.
What is because he was told by a business colleague who had seen Adeline's name in the newspaper?
500
The girls learned in science class that Luigis Galvani founded the concept of galvanism when he made this animal's leg twitch when charged with a copper wire.