Plot
Mia and her mother visit this school before Mia begins attending.
What is Dale Elementary School?
Mia volunteers to watch the front desk while her parents clean. This shows that she possesses this helpful trait.
What is responsible or hardworking?
Money returned to an unhappy customer is called this.
What is a refund?
Mia would love for her family to take a day off and go to this theme park.
What is Disneyland?
This character spends so much time cleaning motel rooms with his wife that Mia volunteers to manage the front desk.
Who is Mr. Tang, Mia’s dad?
Mia takes over this motel responsibility because her parents are overwhelmed with cleaning rooms.
What is managing or watching the front desk?
Mia stares confidently at adults who question whether she is really the manager. This behavior shows this trait.
What is confident, assertive, or bold?
A telephone call made by a motel employee to awaken a guest at a requested time is called this.
What is a wake-up call?
Mia’s parents spend much of their time cleaning these areas of the motel.
What are the guest rooms?
This guest requests a 5:00 a.m. wake-up call but receives it too late and misses an important meeting.
Who is Mr. Stein?
Mia convinces guests that she is in charge by displaying a sign with these words.
What is “Mia Tang, Manager”?
Mia’s mother tells the principal that Mia recently arrived in America so teachers will not expect TOO much from her. This shows she is this type of parent.
What is protective or practical?
Mia uses this job title on her front-desk sign to show that she is in charge.
What is a manager?
Mia places her “Mia Tang, Manager” sign in this part of the motel.
What is the front office or front desk?
This guest is awakened too early because Mia accidentally mixes up two wake-up-call requests.
Who is Mrs. Clifton?
Mia’s mistake involving two motel guests causes her parents to give these back.
What are two refunds?
Mr. Yao deducts the guests’ refunds from the Tangs’ pay instead of accepting the loss himself. This demonstrates this trait.
What is stingy, unfair, or greedy?
Jason makes this kind of insulting or disrespectful remark to Mia about the refunds.
What is a snide comment?
Chapters 5 and 6 primarily take place at this Anaheim motel.
What is the Calivista Motel?
This boy visits the motel with his father and smugly teases Mia about the two refunds.
Who is Jason Yao?