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Vocabulary
True or False
LaVaughn and Jolly
100

Jolly gets fired for [blank]?


Jolly gets fired for stabbing her boss in the hand with a pencil (after being sexually assaulted)

100

"I brought the pot and the dirt and the lemon seeds from my house. Jeremy didn't know what I meant "Wait a while".

What is the message/importance of the lemon seeds?


The seeds represent patience and waiting for things to grow. 

100

Define din

A loud, unpleasant noise


100

Jolly's parents abandoned her at a young age


False

(We don't know what happened to Jolly's parents)

100

Why did Jolly come home one night with a bloody face?


She wouldn't give out her personal address

200

Jilly had to go to the hospital because she choked on a [blank]




A plastic tarantula

200

I understand how he sees everybody's knees. And the bumpers of cars. And under tables. That's his line of vision"

His line of vision being how he views the world. Unlike an adult, Jeremy, being a little kid sees the bumper of a car, or legs walking past because that's how he sees things, or his perspective.

200

Define remnant

A small remaining amount; left overs


200

At the end of the book, LaVaughn still babysits for Jolly and are on really good terms.


False

200

Why did LaVaughn start watching the kids for an hour each afternoon?


So that Jolly could focus on her homework

300

[Blank] is the leader of the Moms Up Program and helped Jolly get into the program.


Barbara

300

"Do I hafta wear a sign says 'NO MORE MEN CLIMBIN' ALL OVER ME, LOOK WHAT YOU DONE ALREADY"

Why does Jolly say this?


Jolly says this because she's tired of being walked over. She has gotten sexually assaulted multiple times before, has gotten fired for it too ("look what you done already"). She feels like she has to wear a sign because it keeps happening over and over again. So will a sign get men to listen?

300

Define corsage

An arrangement of flowers often used as an accessory.


300

LaVaughn's mother is upset when LaVaughn tells her about the choking incident


False

300

Why did LaVaughn stay with the kids even after she was getting no pay?


She developed a bond with Jeremy and Jilly

400

[Blank] was like a motherly figure to Jolly


Her Gram (her late foster parent)

400

"This word college is in my house, and you have to walk around it in the rooms like furniture"


To LaVaughn, college becomes a constant topic and something you have to "walk around" or avoid.

400

Define exterminating

To kill/fully destroy


400

LaVaughn comes from an educated family


False

400

What does Jolly imply that might've been at fault for her getting pregnant?


Drugs "You end up pregnant because some guy has a nice high for you.." - Pg 154

500

Jolly gets upset and calls LaVaughn's mom [blank] 


a "Big Mama"

500

"Her children are all hungry, she's blind, she's got this one lemon.." "..with the juice of the lemon and some clean water from the spring, they have there, and she makes lemonade"

What is the message behind this parable? 


Making Lemonade is a metaphor for doing the best with what you've got. The old woman had nothing but a lemon, but she turned a bad situation into a good one, by making lemonade with that one lemon for her and her family.

500

Define vigorous

healthy; full of energy


500

Jeremy needing glasses is a good thing for Jolly


False

500

What does LaVaughn want to pursue as a career?


LaVaughn wants to be a teacher.