January
What is China?
the two forms of transportation Mother and Shirley used to get from China to New York
What are boat and train?
the age Shirley gave the principal
What is 10?
the place Shirley ran into when she saw the kids playing stick ball
What is a delicatessen?
the class in which Shirley usually makes good grades
What is arithmetic?
these people were in charge of the Wong family
Who are the older members (grandparents)?
Shirley's father's job
What is an engineer?
What is the long, mean pole?
this is what Shirley recited instead of a poem for class
What is a Mickey Mouse song?
the reason Shirley didn't tell on Mabel
What is she didn't believe in tattling?
the reason Awaiting Marriage broke the water urn
What is she slipped on the beans Bandit left on the floor?
The size of the apartment in New York as compared to the house in China
What is smaller?
the reason Shirley thought she might be in trouble after the first day of school
What is she went off campus for lunch?
Mother's idea to help Shirley feel better in her new country
What are piano lessons?
the place Mother and Father took Shirley when she wouldn't tell them how she got two black eyes
What is the police station?
the person Bandit took with her when she had to go talk to grandmother
Who is Precious Coins?
three cushions placed over two drawers
What is Shirley's bed?
she has fiery red hair
Who is Mrs. Rappaport?
Toscanini
Who is Senora Rodriquez's bird?
the first Negro to play baseball in the major leagues
Who is Jackie Robinson?
What is so they wouldn't have bad dreams since that's bad luck?
she went to a store across the street instead of the original store
What is the reason Shirley got lost?
the reason Shirley's teacher thought she needed glasses
these were sitting on the piano while Shirley was practicing
What are Senora Rodriquez's teeth?
what Shirley was trying to say when she said I Pledge a Lesson to a Frog
What is I Pledge Allegiance to the Flag?