Fish Cheeks
Why did Amy Tan get so embarrassed at the dinner?
1) Her Chinese family was embarrassing
2) The food was embarrassing
(Either will count)
True or False: Kaitlyn Greenidge has siblings
False. She only has 1 sister.
Who was Roald Dahl's roomate?
David Coke (pronounced Cook)
Was Roald Dahl (Going Solo) in Athens, Greece?
We don't know.
Does David Coke get killed by being combined with Mentos?
Sadly, no. :(
Why was young Amy Tan embarrassed to have her crush over for Christmas Eve dinner?
She didn't want to be embarrassed in front of her crush by her impolite relatives.
What would Kaitlyn Greenidge always plant in her mother's garden when she was younger?
A pot of pansies.
Who were the Krauts in the story?
The Germans (the side they were fighting against in the war)
What did Kaitlyn Greenidge's mother (My Mother's Garden) plant in the garden?
How many of the three things that she grew do I like?
Cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, and marigolds.
All 3 :)
Did we play several failed games of the Quiet Game?
Absolutely. Those were super fun BTW
What did Amy want for Christmas?
To have a slim American nose and to have her crush (Robert)
Where did Kaitlyn's mother plant the garden?
A circle of land by the parking lot in the land owned by no one between the project and where the middle class homes continued.
What would David Coke have become if he didn't die?
Earl of Leicester
Is Roald Dahl (Going Solo) to big for his Kite?
Pretty much, yeah
Should we continue the truce that we made for the rest of the school year?
YES (in my opinion. If you guys all say no, then I guess we won't, but I really think we should.)
Who was the person to tell Robert's family that burping was a polite thing to do?
Amy's dad.
What did Kaitlyn do when she walked by the school office the next year at school?
"I’d sneak a hand underneath their leaves, break the heads off the heaviest blooms and ball the petals up until my fists smelled like roses." (Greenidge, My Mother's Garden, 31)
Did the narrator have any experience in flying during a battle?
Did the group in Greece when the Krauts would attack?
Did the narrator like the Corporal?
Was the Corporal one of the first people the narrator meet in Greece?
No, but David Coke taught him whenever he could.
No
Probably not (I don't think it said anywhere in the text, but we can assume that he didn't.
Yes
Did Robert's family (Fish Cheeks) bring Amy's family Christmas presents?
I think so. (It depends on who you ask. The text says that Amy's relatives and the minister's familly came with rumpled Christmas packages, so I would assume they were from both families.)
What did the truce about what our table do in class include?
No doing anything with desks after class starts, but you can still take Chromebooks/earbuds/Kinley's backpack if we give them back within 2 minutes of them getting back.
What are we told is Amy's favorite food?
Fish cheeks
What did Kaitlyn's father do instead of paying child support on one occasion?
Was it or was it not against the rules of the project that she was living in?
Did her family keep it?
A computer.
It was against the rules.
Yes.
What were the names/knicknames for the planes on both sides of the battle?
There is also a bonus plane that can get you another 500 points
German: One-O-Nines, Ju 88
Other side (I can't remember what they are called:
Kite (real name is Hurricane)
Bonus: Blenheims
Did Amy Tan's (Fish Cheeks) relatives double-dip their chopstics in the food?
Yes (honestly, though, I might have as well.)
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