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FIRST PERSON FICTION Trivia Game

1. In BEHIND THE MOUNTAINS, what does Celiane's mother do to earn some money for her family?
A) She makes candies and sells them in the market.
B) She sews things and sells them in the market.
C) She sells cabbages in the market.
D) She makes toys and sells them in the market.

2. Why does Celiane's mother decide to go to Port-au-Prince in the first place?
A) To visit the American Consulate.
B) To consult Tante Rose because she has not been feeling well.
C) To buy new clothes for herself and Celiane.
D) To get away from the village for a while.

3. Celiane hears a farewell speech on the radio that seems to be directed at herself and her family. Who gives that speech?
A) George W. Bush
B) Martin Luther King, Jr.
C) Bill Clinton
D) The Mayor of New York

4. Moy and his father have a terrible fight that threatens to break up the family. How does Celiane get them talking again?
A) She talks to her mother about the problem.
B) She writes her father a letter telling him how she feels.
C) She asks Moy to talk to their father.
D) She asks Franck to talk to her father.

5. Why does Celiane name Moy's series of paintings "Behind the mountains are more mountains"?
A) The family used to live in the mountains.
B) The name Haiti means mountainous land.
C) There are lots of mountains in the paintings.
D) The family has overcome mountains of obstacles, first by moving from the village to the city and then by moving from Haiti to New York.

6. In FLIGHT TO FREEDOM, what does Yara wish she could receive more than anything for her birthday?
A) A new dress
B) A jewelry box
C) A bedspread
D) Fishnet stockings

7. When Yara and Ileana are caught sneaking back into the house after going to a party, what is Yara's punishment?
A) She is grounded
B) She has to clean the house
C) She cannot use the phone for a week
D) She cannot watch TV for a wee

8. What is in the package that Mami sends to her parents in Cuba?
A) Canned goods
B) Medicines
C) Books
D) Candy

9. What kind of group does Ileana join in school?
A) A sewing circle
B) A Cuban girls group
C) An anti-war group
D) A feminist group

10. Many evenings Yara and her little sister, Ana Mari, go for walks with their grandfather, Abuelo Tony. What does he teach them on these walks?
A) The names of flowers and plants that they see
B) The English words for things
C) American history
D) Cuban history

11. What does the man on the bus draw in FINDING MY HAT?
A) A snowman
B) Jin-Han wearing a hat
C) A Christmas tree
D) Jin-Han smiling at him

12. What happens when Jin-Han and his parents visit their neighbors?
A) Jin-Han gets lost in their apartment.
B) Jin-Han has an accident.
C) Jin-Han spills food all over himself.
D) Jin-Han locks a little boy in a closet by mistake.

13. What happens in kindergarten when the teacher goes out for a short while?
A) The boys have a fight.
B) The children fall through the floor of a trailer.
C) Jin-Han kisses a girl.
D) A boy gets gum all over everyone.

14. What surprise does Jin-Han receive on the day that he is a lookout for the boys who want to go under the house?
A) He gets away with it, even though the others are punished.
B) He falls down a hole.
C) He has a birthday party.
D) He finds a Frisbee.

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