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One Crazy Summer

Terms in this set (109)

Who is the narrator?
Delphine
How many sisters does Delphine have?
2
What is Delphine's, Vonetta, and Fern mom's name?
Cecile
What is the Airports name?
JFK Airport
What does Big Ma call the Airport?
Idewile
Where does Big Ma and Pa live?
Brooklyn
Delphine,Vonetta, and Fern traveled from Brooklyn to?
Oakland
Delphine believes Cecile left the family because she did not get to name?
Fern
From the bus, what did Fern see on the way to San Francisco?
Kelvin taking down flyers about the rally
The girls try to persuade Cecile to get them a?
Television
The girls do all the following while in San Francisco except?
Visit the prison on Alcatraz
What does Vonetta do to Miss Patty Cake?
Colors her black
She moved in to care for Delphine and her sisters when their mother left?
Big Ma
This mother is always called by her mother "Little Girl"
Fern
She owns a Chinese Restaurant?
Mean Lady Ming
She is a poet and lives in Oakland, California?
Cecile
This sister LOVES getting all the attention?
Vonetta
She calls her mother crazy?
Delphine
Fern (p. 1)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, what is the name of the youngest sister?
Miss Patty Cake (p. 1)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, what is the name of Fern's doll?
Muhammad Ali (p. 2)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, what does Cassius Clay change his name to?
Oakland (p. 3)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, in which city does Delphine's mom live?
Cecile (p. 3)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, what do Delphine and her sisters call their mom when they come to stay with her?
Boeing 727 (p. 1)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, what kind of plane do Delphine and her sisters fly to Oakland in?
Idlewild Airport (p. 4)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, what is the original name of JFK airport?
Idlewild Airport (p. 4)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, what does Big Ma call JFK airport?
Uncle Darnell (p. 5)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, what is the name of the Gaither girls' uncle?
Timex (p. 8)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, what brand of watch does Delphine wear?
The Golden Gate Bridge (p. 8)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, what is visible from the plane as Delphine and her sisters are about to land?
15 cents (three nickels) (p. 17)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, how much money does the lady at the airport give the girls?
Cecile/Nzila (p. 18)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, who picks the girls up at the airport when they arrive?
Nine (p. 22)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, how old is Vonetta?
Seven (p. 22)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, how old is Fern?
Green (p. 25)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, what color is Cecile/Nzila's house?
Ming's (p. 38)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, during their first night at Cecile's where do the girls order food?
Next to Mean Lady Ming's (p. 33)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, where is the phone that Delphine uses to call home?
Mean Lady Ming (p. 37)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, who runs the Chinese restaurant where Delphine and her sisters get food?
Pepsi and fruit punch (p. 38)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, what two drinks do the girls order at Mean Lady Ming's?
On the floor (p. 40)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, where do the girls eat their dinner while they're in Cecile's home?
$200 (p. 6)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, how much money does Delphine's father give her for the trip?
In her tennis shoe (p. 6)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, where does Delphine put the money her father gives her?
Two Black Panthers (p. 45)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, who visits Cecile/Nzila on the night the girls arrive?
Peter Pan (p. 50)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, what book does Delphine read to her sisters at night?
Island of the Blue Dolphins (p. 51)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, what book does Delphine read by herself?
Pa wouldn't let her pick out Fern's name (p. 55)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, according to Big Ma, why did Delphine's mother leave?
The People's Center (p. 56)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, where do the girls go to eat breakfast?
Sister Mukumbu (p. 71)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, who teaches the children at the People's Center?
Merriam Webster dictionary (p. 71)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, what does Delphine use to learn the meaning of words?
Hirohito Woods (p. 70)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, who does Sister Mukumbu ask to play planet earth in her classroom demonstration?
The Path (p. 76)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, what does the name Nzila mean?
Yoruba (p. 76)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, from what language or culture does Nzila take her name?
Prattville (p. 77)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, what is the name of Pa and Big Ma's hometown?
Singer Sarah Vaughan (p. 81)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, who is Vonetta named after?
In the Merriam Webster dictionary (p. 84)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, where does Delphine discover the meaning of her name?
Dolphin (p. 84)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, what does Delphine's name mean?
Flipper (p. 82)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, what show's theme song do the boys at school sing to make fun of Delphine's name?
Brenda and the Tabulations (p. 89)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, what is the name of the group who sings the song "Dry Your Eyes"?
For carrying around a baby doll (p. 89-90)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, why do Eunice and her sisters make fun of fern?
Vonetta (p. 93)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, who colors Miss Patty Cake with a black marker?
Delphine (p. 95)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, who tries to clean off Miss Patty Cake?
Fern and Delphine (p. 98)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, who helps Sister Mukumbu count out stacks of newspapers during free time?
Twenty cents (two dimes) (p. 100-101)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, how much does Delphine pay Sister Mukumbu for a copy of the Black Panther newspaper?
Safeway (p. 103)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, what is the name of the store where Delphine buys groceries?
Pork (p. 108)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, what kind of meat is not allowed in Cecile's kitchen?
Pigs (p. 108)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, what does Crazy Kelvin call police officers?
Writing/Printing poetry (p. 107)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, what does Cecile work on in her kitchen?
Hirohito (p. 114)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, name the boy who is half black and half Japanese?
The Mike Douglas Show (p. 117)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, what variety show do Delphine and her sisters usually watch five days a week?
A radio (p. 120)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, what does Cecile give the girls when they ask for a television?
Hirohito's (p. 123)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, whose father is in jail after being taken from his home by the police?
So they could sleep (p. 124)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, why does Papa pull the car to the side of the road on their way to visit Big Ma in Alabama?
A policeman (p. 124)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, who knocks on Papa's car window while he and the girls are catching some sleep?
Bobby Hutton OR Lil' Bobby (p. 126)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, who was the first member of the Black Panther Party?
The police (p. 127)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, who killed Bobby Hutton?
Delphine (p. 129)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, who tells Sister Mukumbu that she and her sisters can't go to the rally?
Oakland Raiders (p. 129)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, what team's jersey does Hirohito wear all the time?
Dry Your Eyes (p. 131)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, what song do Fern and Vonneta want to sing at the rally?
We Real Cool (p. 140)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, what Gwendolyn Brooks poem does Vonetta prepare to recite at the rally?
A stool (p. 146)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, what does Cecile put in her kitchen for Delphine?
Delphine (p. 149-151)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, which of the girls does Cecile show how to use the printing press?
Cecile/Nzila (p. 148-149)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, who wrote the poem titled Movable Type?
San Francisco (p. 154)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, where does Delphine take her sisters on an excursion?
The Flower Girl (p. 160)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, who gives Fern a daisy for her hair?
Chinatown (p. 161)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, where do the girls go for lunch on their excursion?
They ride a cable car (p. 163)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, how do the girls get from Chinatown to Fisherman's Wharf?
Postcards (p. 165)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, what do the girls buy as souvenirs during their San Francisco excursion?
Cecile being arrested (p. 167)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, what do the girls find when they arrive home after their San Francisco excursion?
Cecile is not their mother OR they're the Clark girls who live down the street (p. 169)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, what lie do the girls tell the police arresting Cecile?
Delphine and her sisters (p. 174-175)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, who cleans up Cecile's kitchen after the police arrest her?
Hirohito and his mom OR Hirohito's mom OR Mrs. Woods (p. 177)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, who brings the girls food after Cecile is arrested?
Fried pork chops, rice, and string beans (p. 178)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, what food does Mrs. Woods bring to the girls after Cecile is arrested?
No sayers (p. 184)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, what does Delphine call the people who refuse to put rally flyers in their stores?
Delphine (p. 190)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, who rides down the street on Hirohito's go-kart?
I Birthed a Nation OR I Birthed a Black Nation (p. 196-197)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, what poem do the girls recite at the Rally?
Fern (p. 198)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, who recites her own poem at the rally?
A Pat on the Back for a Good Puppy (p. 198)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, what is the name of Fern's poem that she recites at the rally?
Crazy Kelvin (p. 198-199)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, what is Fern's poem about?
Crazy Kelvin (p. 199)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, who is escorted out of the rally by the police?
Little Nzila (p. 201)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, after she recites her poem at the rally, what do some people call Fern?
Seven (p. 206)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, how many days was Cecile in jail?
She was hit by a car (p. 207)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, how did Cecile's mother die?
Pa and Uncle Darnell (p. 208)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, who took Cecile in when she was young and homeless?
Afua (p. 210)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, what is the name Cecile wanted to give Fern?
They hug their mother (p. 216)
In the book, One Crazy Summer, what do the girls do before board their flight back home?
Rita Williams Garcia
.In the book,One Crazy Summer, who is the author?
Afua
In the book,One Crazy Summer,what name did Cecile give Fern when Fern was first born?
Brooklyn
In the book,One Crazy Summer,where did Delphine and her sisters live with their father?
Black Panther leader
In the book,One Crazy Summer,who was Huey Newton?
ran and jumped on top of Cecile
In the book,One Crazy Summer,what did Fern do as the girls waited in line at the airport to go back to Brooklyn?
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