Characters
This young girl is the main character of the story.
Who is Bandit?
Who is Shirley Temple Wong?
This holiday is being celebrated by everyone in the House of Wong in Chapter 1 of our story.
What is Chinese New Year?
This word, starting with a "W" means to cry loudly.
What is "wailing?"
This year of the Chinese Zodiac is in the name of the book.
What is the Year of the Boar?
Shirley and her mother are traveling to America in order to meet up with this person.
Who is Shirley's father?
Awaiting Marriage does this as a response to breaking the urn.
What is going and informing Grandmother?
This is the definition of "unsightly."
What is something you do not want to look at?
This young star is from whom Bandit takes her new name (and doubles as the name of a tasty drink).
Who is Shirley Temple
This elderly female family leader is superstitious about breaking household items around Chinese New Year.
Who is Grandmother?
Shirley and her mother travel to America through these two old fashioned modes of transport.
What are "by ship" and "by train?"
This word means an unfamiliar place that is not one's own.
What is foreign?
This clumsy mistake is believed to bring bad luck for the next 365 days.
What is breaking things during the New Year holiday?
This older man is the most powerful member of the House of Wong.
Who is Grandfather?
Grandmother summons Shirley/Bandit in order to discuss this major change.
What is moving to America?
This formal word means to do something elaborate or over the top, including bowing.
What is extravagant?
This early choice of name by Bandit is actually the old man who symbolizes the United States government.
Who is Uncle Sam?
Shirley enlists this young child to hold onto her leg in the hopes of avoiding punishment.
Who is Precious Coins?
Bandit is overwhelmed by this massive American landmark as she drives over it in a taxi.
What is the Brooklyn Bridge?
This is the definition for matriarch.
What is the female leader of a clan/family?
This New Years belief encourage all those celebrating not to sleep, lest it be an omen of bad tomorrows.
What is having a bad dream on New Years?