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The Great Wall of Lucy Wu
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Literature
6th Grade
11/01/2012

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In the book, The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, who is the author?
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Wendy Wan-Long Shang
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In the book, The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, what book did Kenny pull out at dinner at the Golden
Lotus?
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P. 7 biography of Benjamin Franklin
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In the book, The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, where did Regina win a full scholarship?
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P. 11 Hamilton University
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In the book, The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, what grade was Lucy in?
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p. 23 6th grade
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In the book, The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, who is Lucy’s best friend and how long have they been
friends?
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p. 25 Madison Jameson , 5 years
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In the book, The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, where do the girls want to go to college and why?
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P. 25 University of Tennessee, to play basketball for Pat Summitt
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In the book, The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, what was the nickname some of the kids gave Harrison
Miller?
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P. 29 Mr. California Cool
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In the book, The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, why was the flower quilt from Lucy’s bed, so special to
her?
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P. 33 it was made by her Grandmother, Po Po
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In the book, The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, what was the surprise Lucy’s dad got in his briefcase,
from her when he traveled?
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P. 45 stuffed animals and drawing
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In the book, The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, what did Regina give to Lucy the day she moved into
her college dorm?
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P. 51 silver snowflake pendant on a red ribbon
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In the book, The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, where did Talent invite Lucy to on Saturday mornings?
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P. 57 Chinese school
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In the book, The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, what was the theme of Lucy’s new room after they
decorated it?
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P. 61 Snow Dream. Walls painted cool pale blue, mirrors, stuffed animals in scarves
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In the book, The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, how did Lucy get ready for Yi Po’s visit?
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P. 71 she
dragged the beds away from the corner and put them on opposite sides of the room and put the
desk and the bookcase in the middle to make a wall
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In the book, The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, what did Yi Po say about Lucy when she first met her?
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P. 76 “ni hao” and she’s so fat in Chinese
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In the book, The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, what confirmed to Lucy that Yi Po was Po Po’s sister?
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P. 83 her noodles that she made
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In the book, The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, what was the admission to the faculty basketball game?
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P. 112 a can of food for the community food pantry
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In the book, The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, what did Madison and Lucy call the group of girls Slaone
was head of?
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P. 115 the Amazons
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In the book, The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, what was going to determine the captain of the
student’s basketball team?
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P. 113 how many free throws they can make in a row
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In the book, The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, why do Madison and Lucy celebrate their birthday on
Halloween together?
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P. 130 Madison’s birthday is Oct 15, 16 days before Halloween and Lucy’s is Nov 16, 16 days after Halloween
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In the book, The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, who helped Lucy and how did they get the writing off
the bathroom wall?
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P. 185 Talent helped her with her stain removing pen
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In the book, The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, what did the girls have to eat at their birthday party?
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P. 193 dumplings
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In the book, The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, what happened the day after Halloween to Lucy’s
house?
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P. 217 the tree in her yard was toilet papered and the basketball hoop was destroyed
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In the book, The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, why did Kenny quit the Mathwhiz Team?
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P. 249 he wanted to study history in college
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In the book, The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, how many free throws did Lucy make in free throw
competition?
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10 p. 286
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In the book, The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, who shot the winning shot at the faculty/student
basketball game?
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P. 303 Talent
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In the book The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, to whom does the author dedicate her novel?
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Her mother and husband
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In the book The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, what is the name of the Chinese restaurant where the birthday party in the beginning of the book was held?
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The Golden Lotus, Page 3
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In the book The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, how old is Lucy at the beginning of the novel?
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Eleven years old. Page 7
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In the book The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, which sport does Lucy love to play?
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Basketball. Page 24
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In the book The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, what was the “surprise” that Lucy put into her dad’s briefcase before he left for China?
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Two DVDs, a magazine and Matilda. Page 45
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In the book The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, what advice had Lucy and Regina’s grandmother, Po Po, given about a frog?
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“Don’t be a frog at the bottom of a well.” Page 50
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In the book The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, what is the gift Regina gives Lucy when it is time for the family to leave Regina at college?
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A silver snowflake pendant on a red ribbon. Page 51
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In the book The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, who came to share Lucy’s room for several months?
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Yi Po or her grandmother’s sister. Page 63
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In the book The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, how long does it take Lucy to do her homework the first day of school?
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Three hours. Page 69
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In the book The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, what does Lucy think Yi Po is when she first comes to their home?
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An imposter. Page 84
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In the book The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, from which town in China were both Po Po and Yi Po?
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Shanghai. Page 87
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In the book The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, what does Yi Po do to help the morning Lucy is running late for school?
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Clean her room or fold her clothes. Page 111
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In the book The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, how did Lucy’s mom embarrass her when she picked up Lucy from school to go to the dentist?
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Made a big motion as if brushing her teeth. Page 142
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In the book The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, when Lucy first goes to Chinese
school, what are the two areas of speaking Chinese on which she is told she needs to improve?
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Vocabulary and idioms. Page 158
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In the book The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, what does Lucy think caused her chair to break at school, resulting in her falling in the floor?
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Someone loosened the screws so she would fall. Or Sloane loosened the screws of the chair so she would have an accident. Page 124
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In the book The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, why was Lucy going to get to go to basketball practice at 8:30 on Saturday morning before she went to Chinese School at 10 a.m.?
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The coach (Coach Mike) moved the practice earlier so he and his wife could go to childbirth classes. Page 148
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In the book The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, where is the mocking rhyme about Lucy written?
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On the wall in the girls’ bathroom at school. Page 181
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In the book The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, what does Lucy serve Yi Po’s friends who are over to play mah-jongg?
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Chinese treats or candy. Page 230
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In the book The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, what is the name of the boy on which Lucy has a crush?
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Harrison. Page 259
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In the book The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, what does the reader learn the Chinese translation is for the word computer?
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Electric brain. Page 310
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In the book, The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, what is Lucy’s passion?
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Basketball (p. 55-57)
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In the book, The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, who is Yi Po?
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Lucy’s grandmother’s sister or Great Aunt (p. 21)
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In the book, The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, what is the reason Sloane & Lucy don’t get along?
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They both are competitive in basketball & trying out for team captain (p. 115)
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In the book, The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, why is the book titled, The Great Wall of Lucy Wu?
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Lucy pulls her furniture to divide the room when Yi Po comes to stay making a wall (p.71)
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In the book, The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, what specialty does Yi Po make at the birthday
dinner?
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Dumplings (p. 209)
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In the book, The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, how will the captain of the basketball game be
determined?
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Donated canned goods & the number of free throw baskets made (p. 271)
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In the book, The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, what does the Big Green Box have in it?
Definition
Photos (p.249-250)
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In the book, The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, what does “don’t be the frog at the bottom of the
well” mean?
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Don’t limit yourself (p. 50)
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In the book, The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, in the beginning, where does the family eat Chinese
food for her uncle’s birthday?
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The Golden Lotus (p. 3)
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In the book, The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, what does Regina try to take to college but ends up
ripping?
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Lucy’s quilt (p. 35)
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In the book, The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, what does Regina give Lucy when she goes to college?
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A silver snowflake on a red ribbon signifying Lucy’s middle name (p. 51)
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In the book, The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, who does Lucy want to play basketball for one day?
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Pat Summit- girl’s basketball coach at University of Tennessee (p. 25)
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In the book, The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, what does Lucy’s middle name mean?
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It means snow dream (p. 51-52)
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In the book, The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, what does Lucy call the “chatty” ladies?
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Rat-a-tat ladies (p. 7-8)
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In the book, The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, what is the name of the boy that Lucy has a crush on
in class?
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Harrison Miller (p. 30)
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In the book, The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, what does Talent Chang attend on weekends?
Definition
Chinese Saturday school (p. 55)
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In the book, The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, what does Lucy think that Yi Po smells like?
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Vicks ( p. 89, 308)
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In the book, The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, what does Yi Po give Lucy for her birthday?
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A new basketball backboard and net (p. 225)
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In the book, The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, right before Sloane is announced as team captain,
what happens?
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Lucy’s family comes in the door with boxes of food to donate. She is named Captain. ( p. 288-
289)
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In the book, The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, what does Yi Po love to watch on TV?
Definition
The WCHI channel for Chinese news. (p. 90)
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