The Year of the Dog - Melissa Lebron | Library

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According to the Chinese calendar, what animal will represent the current year?

monkey

dog

pig

rat

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What are Pacy and her family celebrating when the novel beings?

New Year's Eve

Christmas

Channukah

Chinese New Year

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What surprise does Pacy get at school?

Being chosen for the pep club.

A free chocolate bar at lunch.

Finding a new friend in Melody.

Making an perfect score on a math test.

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Why does Pacy worry about finding a talent?

Pacy does not know if she is good at anything.

Pacy knows that it will be a lot of hard work.

Lissy tells her she has no talents at all.

Pacy has too many talents from which to choose.

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What does Pacy hope will happen to her in the coming year?

She will get a new sister.

She will become popular.

She will find herself.

She will move.

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Why are Pacy and Melody described as being almost like twins?

They both have a sister.

They have so much in common.

They like to wear the same kind of clothes.

They both enjoy sports.

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What does Pacy learn to do when she and Melody both want Teddy to be their science partner?

To lose gracefully.

To think about Melody's feelings.

To find a way to make Melody lose.

To steal Teddy before he can be partners with Melody.

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What animals does Grandma paint on Pacy's neck to relieve pain?

A honey badger and a walrus

A tiger and a pig

A dragon and a goat

A dog and a mouse

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What do the red eggs Pacy and the others make for Albert symbolize?

Free Food

Happiness

Love

Good Luck

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Why do Pacy and her siblings have American names?

Americans do not like Chinese names.

Pacy's parents want her to have the best of both worlds.

Pacy and her parents do not like Chinese names.

Americans have a hard time pronouncing Chinese names.

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Why does Pacy worry about playing a munchkin?

Pacy is sick

Pacy does not have any lines

Pacy is chinese

Pacy has a central part to the plot

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Why does Pacy choose not to try out for the part of Dorothy?

Pacy is sick

Pacy cannot remember any lines the morning of the tryouts

Becky says Dorothy is not Chinese

Melody gets the part first

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Why does Pacy want to enter the book contest?

Pacy wants to beat Melody at something for once.

Pacy has nothing better to do.

It is a chance to win something and find herself.

She wants to beat Teddy in a contest because he went out with Sophie.

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Why is Pacy sad about not winning anything at the science fair?

The next science fair is a year away.

She needed the prize money to buy Melody a gift.

It means one less thing she can be good at.

She loses to Melody.

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What does Mom tell Pacy to do in order to write a good book?

Read the books of other writers.

Give up.

Ask for help.

Practice.

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What does Pacy experience at TAC from other Taiwanese/Chinese kids?

A lesson in Taiwanese/Chinese languages.

A new way of understanding Taiwan.

Racism.

Friendship.

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What does Pacy do to help decide what kind of book to write?

She listens to music on the radio while staring out the window

She digs with her mother in the garden

She helps Ki-Ki with her homework

She helps tend to patients with her father

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Why does Mom want Pacy to attend TAC?

To make more Taiwanese/Chinese friends.

To learn more about Taiwanese/Chinese culture.

To understand the Taiwanese/Chinese experience in the 21st century.

To pick up some important Taiwanese/Chinese news and recipes.

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What does Pacy decide her book will be about apart from her own life?

Ugly vegetables

Boring breads

Delicious candies

Gross fruits

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How does Pacy come to learn that being Chinese does not affect her acting abilities?

She finds out that she did not get the part of Glinda.

She wins the part of Dorothy.

She discovers that other people have played parts outside their races.

Everybody applauds her part in the play.

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What place does Pacy win for her book in the national contest?

Third.

Fourth.

Second.

First.

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What does Pacy win for her book?

$4,000

$400

$250

$100

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What does Pacy decide she will be when she grows up?

A writer

A doctor

A musician

A stock broker

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What does Pacy find a little annoying regarding how her family celebrates American holidays?

They put a Taiwanese/Chinese twist on them.

They refuse to celebrate them at all.

They ensure Taiwanese/Chinese television shows are always on.

They choose to celebrate holidays the day after the official date.

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What do Pacy and her family celebrate as the Year of the Dog ends?

The Year of the Rat

The Year of the Dragon

The Year of the Pig

The Year of the Tiger