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The Characters
The Settings
The Details
Real Life Connections
Analysis
100
What was Cameron's occupation following high school?
What is Solider/ Army veteran
100
Where are the characters when they are trapped by the earthquake?
What is an Indian Visa center in a undisclosed American city.
100
Mr. Pritchett loved animals and longed to his own pet as a child. What would have been his preferred pet?
What is a tiger.
100
Name at least 1 way that attending college is similar to the occurrences in One Amazing Thing.
What is diversity, storytelling, being away from home, etc.
100
One Amazing Thing addressed many stereotypes throughout the novel. Name at least one.
What is power and prestige, arranged marriages, drug abuse, suicide, etc.
200
After acting out to gain her parents attention it is discovered that Lily is a child prodigy. What is her hidden talent?
What is playing the flute/music.
200
Malathi chooses to work instead of getting married, which was her parent's wish for her. Where does Malathi get a job?
What is Miss. Lola's Lovely Ladies Salon
200
Why does Uma chose the college that she did?
What is distance from her parents.
200
Tariq father is taken from his business by government officials. What event is he thought to have a connection to?
What is 9/11 attacks.
200
What is the significance of the book's title- One Amazing Thing? Why would the author choose this title?
What is each of the characters share their story of what they would consider the "one amazing thing" or defining moment of their lives.
300
As a result of the Sino-Indian War of 1962 Jiang fled India. How did her father ensure her safety and escape?
What is he arranged to have her married to Curtis Chan, a dentist and friend of Jiang's brother, who was planning to escape to America.
300
Cameron meets Jeff while volunteering. Where do Cameron and Jeff volunteer?
What is Pacifica Hospice Care.
300
How does the visa office setting change throughout the book? Name at least two changes that occurred.
What is power loss, collapsing ceiling, flooding, loss of food/water, etc.
300
Mrs. Pritchett asked Mr. Pritchett for a dog early in their relationship when she realized they would not have children. Why did Mr. Pritchett refuse to get a pet?
What is he was abused as a child and the kitten that he had loved so dearly was suffocated after he tried to save it.
300
Malathi described her coworkers depiction of Mr. Mangalam's bathroom as having "assumed mythic proportions, filled with items culled from the pages of the glossies they bought, secondhand, from the newspaper stall near the subway. (pg. 37). Does the bathroom live up to this expectation? What does this say about Mr. Mangalam and his view of himself?
What is no it does not. They bathroom is very small and outdated. He sees himself as deserving of the individual bathroom since he is an authority figure.
400
Uma is a graduate student studying English Literature. What classic work of literature was she reading at the time of the earthquake?
What is Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.
400
Mark, Lily's brother, helps her to discover her love and talent for playing the flute. Where did they meet to practice in the afternoons?
What is a park in another neighborhood.
400
Mr. Mangalam is unhappy with his marriage and begins an office romance with Malathi. Why is Mr. Mangalam unhappy?
What is he married his wife because of her money, but feel in love with someone else.
400
The characters seem to grow to trust and rely on each throughout their ordeal. Give at least one example of this adaptation.
What is Tariq and Lily; Jiang and Lily, Cameron and Uma, etc.
400
What character traits made Cameron the most likely candidate to be in change of their group even though Mr. Mangalam and Tariq both saw themselves as rightful leaders as well?
What is background experiences with military, patience, kindness, etc.
500
Mr. and Mrs. Pritchett married at a young age. What opportunity did Mrs. Pritchett give up when she married her husband?
What is the opportunity to take over a local bakery (currently owned by her best friend Debbie's father) with her friend.
500
Mr. Pritchett adopts a small kitten and names him Shere Khan against his guardian's wishes. Where does he keep Shere that results in tragedy?
What is an abandoned freezer in the junkyard behind their home.
500
Uma plans to leave school and run away with her classmate, Jeri. What event makes her return to school?
What is an aurora borealis.
500
Does any character in this book marry for love? What does this say about marriage? How does this relate to their culture, religion, background, etc.? For example, think about Jiang, Mr. and Mrs. Pritchett, Mangalam, and Uma’s parents.
What is no. Marriage is not seen as scared. Many of the characters were apart of an arranged marriage or married just to avoid being alone.
500
How does One Amazing Thing compare to The Canterbury Tales?
What is the Canterbury Tales is a series of linked narrative poems (and prose pieces) by Geoffrey Chaucer, composed during the last two decades of the 14th Century. The tales are told by a group of pilgrims on the road to Canterbury.