Nothing Gold Can Stay
What does "Her early leaf’s a flower" mean?
Youth is beautiful but brief.
What does the variation of Julia’s name suggest?
She changes how she acts depending on where she is.
What rule does Eckels break?
He leaves the Time Machine path.
Where is Adichie from?
Nigeria
Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?
SpongeBob SquarePants
“Her hardest hue to hold” is an example of what?
Alliteration
What does the story suggest about the immigrant experience?
You learn to balance two cultures.
What is the meaning of the “butterfly effect”?
Small actions can have large consequences.
What books did Adichie grow up reading?
British and American books that didn’t reflect her life.
What Marvel superhero is known as the "friendly neighborhood" hero?
Spider-Man
True or false: One of the themes of the poem is that change is natural and inevitable.
True
True or false: Julia rejects her family’s way of pronouncing her name.
False
What does the final gunshot imply?
Eckels is punished for his mistake.
What assumptions did her college roommate make? (must list all 3)
That she couldn’t speak English, listened to tribal music, and couldn’t use modern appliances.
What is the name of Bad Bunny’s most recent album?
Debi Tirar Mas Fotos
What does “Then leaf subsides to leaf” mean?
The leaves become normal and ordinary.
What does ethnicity mean?
A social group that shares a common culture, religion, or language.
What does expendable mean?
Worth sacrificing to gain an objective.
What is the danger of only hearing one perspective?
It leads people to misjudge or misunderstand others without seeing the full picture.
What video game features characters named Isabelle, Tom Nook, and K.K. Slider?
Animal Crossing
What is the message about letting go?
Accepting that change is part of growing up.
What part of speech is trilling?
Verb
What is one difference between present day at the beginning and the end?
The government has changed
Words are spelled differently
Air smells different
How does the TED Talk connect to “Names/Nombres”?
Both explore how feeling like an outsider shapes a person’s identity and how stereotypes affect how others treat them.
What is the name of Karol G’s recent Netflix documentary?
Tomorrow Was Beautiful