"Nervous Conditions"
She is wearing a short skirt
Celebrity that Jing-Mei's mom wanted her to be like in "Two Kinds"
Shirley Temple
Comparing two things using "like" or "as?"
Simile
Setting of "The Things They Carried"
Vietnam
Who are Ms. Radigan's 2 best friends at Avenues?
Ms. Heath and Mr. Ohringer
What is the name that Tambu's grandmother gives to the colonizers?
The wizards
Candy that Esperanza wanted to stop for in "Halloween"
Now-N-Laters
A narrative in which the characters often stand for abstract concepts.
Allegory
Country where "The American Embassy" takes place
Nigeria
What state is Ms. Radigan from?
Rhode Island
Why doesn't Tambu want to go to her parents' wedding?
Because she feels it's making a joke of her parents
Name of the child in "The American Embassy"
Ugonna
A figure of speech in which a comparison or analogy is made between two unlike things,
as in the phrase “evening of life.”
Metaphor
Country where "Nervous Conditions" takes place
Southern Rhodesia
In what Brooklyn neighborhood does Ms Radigan live?
Bed Stuy
Names of Tambu's two younger sisters
Netsai and Rambonai
Big symbol for the narrator and the Kinsellas becoming a family
3 lights on the horizon
A reference to something in literature, history, mythology, religious texts, etc.
Allusion
Town & country where "Imperium" takes place
Pinsk, Poland
What is Ms. Radigan‘s favorite Avenues snack?
those mini choc chip cookies
How does Tambu try to raise money for her education?
Selling mealies
Do you mean to say that you're really going to be the kind of woman __?
who the baker won't let near the bread?
The technique of presenting the flow of thoughts, responses, and sensations of
one or more characters.
Stream of Consciousness
What county does the narrator's father drive her toward in the beginning of "Foster?"
Wexford
Where did Ms. Radigan go to college?
Wesleyan