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A memoir where the author details her complex relationship with her mother, who she has not met.

What is Mom & Me & Mom?

100

The main character in The Smartphone Lesson and Mom & Me & Mom.

Who is Maya?

100

In Mother to Son, the main character learned

What is that life can be hard, but never give up?

100

A noun is

What is a person, place, or thing?

100

The main character in Mom & Me & Mom was mad at her brother because

What is he accepted their mother back without being angry at her?

200

A story where a father and son disagree about what sport is the best.

What is Bridging the Generational Divide Between a Football Father and a Soccer Son?

200

Name one character from The Lottery

Who is...

Possible answers: 

  • Tessie Hutchinson
  • Mr. Summers 
  • Old Man Warner
  • Bill Hutchinson
  • Mr. Graves
  • The Hutchinson children (Nancy, Bill Jr., Little Dave)
  • Mr. Martin
  • Mrs. Delacroix
  • Clyde Dunbar


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The lesson learned in Bridging the Generational Divide Between a Football Father and a Soccer Son

What is that each generation has their likes/dislikes, and that doesn't make the other generation's opinion bad?

200

A verb is

What is an action?

200

These two poems both contain a metaphor comparing the difficulty of life

What are Mother to Son and To James?

300

A story where the town gathers for a tradition, but has a twist in the end.

What is The Lottery?

300

The main character in Two Kinds

Who is Jing-mei?

300

The lesson learned from The Lottery

What is there are dangers with blindly following traditions?

300

An adjective is

What describes a noun or a pronoun?

300

In Two Kinds, why was Old Chong not a good piano teacher?

What is he was deaf?

400

A poem where a grandmother helps her child and grandchild fall asleep.

What is Abuelita Magic?

400

The main character in The Stolen Party

Who is Rosaura?

400

In To James, the character learned

What is life can be difficult, like a race, but you should persevere?

400

A pronoun is

What replaces a noun?

400

This animal was featured in The Stolen Party

What is a monkey?

500

A poem where the speaker uses the metaphor of a race to encourage their son to be determined and persevere in life.

What is To James?

500

The main character in An Hour with Abuelo

Who is Arturo?

500

In The Stolen Party, the main character learned

What is social class and economic status are hard to overcome?

500

A conjunction is

What connect words, phrases, or clauses?

500

In the poem, Abuelita Magic, a line in the poem features a sound "ts . ss, ts . ss." The use of a word that is also a sound is called an

What is an onomatopoeia?

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