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CHINESE CINDERELLA JEOPARDY

Chapters 14-17

Chapters 14-17

Take 2!

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Final Jeopardy

$100 Question from H1

How does winning the school election cause more

problems at home for Adeline?

$100 Answer from H1

Adeline’s friends are so excited about the win that they follow her home and surprise her with a celebration and gifts. Niang accuses

Adeline of planning the party despite instructions to never have house guests. Also, Niang accuses Adeline of bragging about the win and tells her that she is

ungrateful and disrespectful.

$200 Question from H1

Why does Aunt Baba call Adeline’s exceptional grades

her “secret weapon”?

$200 Answer from H1

She feels that Adeline can use her good grades to become anybody she wants. She

wants Adeline to always try her best because Aunt Baba feels Adeline has something

priceless inside which she must not waste. Using this “secret weapon” will allow Adeline

to prove Father and Niang wrong.

$300 Question from H1

How does November 30th become Adeline’s birthday?

$300 Answer from H1

Unfortunately, November 30th becomes Adeline’s birthday because

her father cannot remember the date of her birth nor is her birthday

ever celebrated in the home. He choses this date because it is the

date of his own birth.

$400 Question from H1

Why does Adeline feel like “a piece of garbage that has

been tossed aside” when she is taken to her new school?

$400 Answer from H1

Adeline feels like a piece of garbage that has been tossed aside when she is taken to her new school because she is dismissed by Niang and her own father does not even look at her, let alone say goodbye to her, when they drop her off

at the boarding school.

$500 Question from H1

How does Adeline come to be the only student in St.

Joseph?

$500 Answer from H1

At this time in China a civil war was occurring. Many Chinese citizens were fleeing to

southern China or to other countries. All of the students had left Tianjin with their

families.

$100 Question from H2

How does Victor’s attitude towards his sister differ from

that of Adeline’s brothers towards her?

$100 Answer from H2

Victor’s attitude towards his sister differs from that of Adeline’s brothers towards her because

despite some teasing that Victor may do, he truly loves his sister and protects her. Adeline

realizes this when she watches Victor show Claudine how to put the life jacket on and

tighten it.

$200 Question from H2

What difference does Adeline detect in Ye Ye when she arrives in

Hong Kong?

$200 Answer from H2

When Adeline arrives in Hong Kong she detects that Ye Ye is

defeated. He has given up on the situation with Niang. Adeline

notes that the only reason he is still there is to be loyal to his own son.

$300 Question from H2

What silent promise did Adeline make to Ye Ye after the incident

with the encyclopedias?

$300 Answer from H2

Adeline silently promises Ye Ye that things will change. She does not know how or when, but she plans on coming back to

rescue him.

$400 Question from H2

Why is Adeline relieved when she finds out she is to

be a boarder at Sacred Heart?

$400 Answer from H2

Adeline is relieved when she finds out she is to be a boarder at Sacred Heart because

this means that she is not an orphan. Although she will live on her own at the

school, Adeline knows that her parents are paying for her to attend school and in a

way taking ownership of her.

$500 Question from H2

Characterization: List 5 traits Adeline possesses that allow

her to survive her difficult life.

$500 Answer from H2

Answers will vary :o)

$100 Question from H3

“His headache was as painful as a root canal without the benefit of laughing gas.”

What literary technique is the aforementioned quote an example of:

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$100 Answer from H3

Simile

$200 Question from H3

“Six Flags is the aquarium of roller coasters.”

What literary technique is the aforementioned quote an example of:

$200 Answer from H3

Metaphor

$300 Question from H3

“I looked at her lined, careworn face, her kind eyes peering out from behind thick glasses, and her straight black hair combed back into a bun with

white strands above her ears.”

What literary technique is the aforementioned quote an example of:

$300 Answer from H3

Characterization/Imagery

$400 Question from H3

“You are like a hurricane: there’s calm in your eye, but I’m getting blown away.”

What literary technique is the aforementioned quote an example of:

$400 Answer from H3

Simile

$500 Question from H3

What does the word aforementioned mean?

$500 Answer from H3

Cited or mentioned earlier or previously.

$100 Question from H4

Explain how Adeline “saved face” in the egg incident at school.

$100 Answer from H4

“My parents know I hate boiled eggs. That’s why they never bring me any,” I blurted out, my face burning with shame at the lie. “So

there is no possibility this egg can be mine!” (164).

Adeline lies to avoid embarrassment.

$200 Question from H4

What is it about King Lear that appeals to Adeline? What

connections are there to her own family?

$200 Answer from H4

“The poetry and pathos (emotion) of Lear had moved me so profoundly I simply couldn’t control myself.”

“So much his plight (dilemma; difficulty; situation) seemed to mirror that of my grandfather at home.”

$300 Question from H4

What advice does Ye Ye give to Adeline?

$300 Answer from H4

You must rely on yourself and not end up getting married off like Big Sister.

GO OUT THERE AND COMPETE IN THE MOST DIFFICULT EXAMINATIONS.

Create your own destiny!

Always remember my hopes are with you. Trust me! Continue to work hard and one day you’ll show the world what you are really made of.

$400 Question from H4

What was sad about the timing of Ye Ye’s death and Adeline’s

competition win?

$400 Answer from H4

Ye Ye died before Adeline won the Playwriting Competition.

$500 Question from H4

How does Niang make Adeline feel even worse at Ye Ye’s

funeral?

$500 Answer from H4

Niang says to Father that Adeline was looking uglier and uglier as she grew

older and taller.

Adeline felt as if she was “being skinned alive.”

$100 Question from H5

What fate does Niang have in mind for Adeline when school ends that

summer?

$100 Answer from H5

She instructed Adeline to look for a job when school ended that summer because Father had too

many children to support and could no longer afford her school fees.

$200 Question from H5

How is Adeline finally able to convince her father to

allow her to attend university?

$200 Answer from H5

She promises him she will go to medical school in England

and become a doctor.

$300 Question from H5

Which character goes against Niang and sides with Adeline?

$300 Answer from H5

Victor

$400 Question from H5

How does Aunt Baba address her letter to Adeline?

$400 Answer from H5

My precious little treasure…

$500 Question from H5

What is the name of Yen Mah’s autobiography that

follows her memoir Chinese Cinderella?

$500 Answer from H5

Falling Leaves

Final Jeopardy

Who is Ye Xian?

Final Jeopardy Answer

Ye Xian is…

The Original Chinese Cinderella =)