Dumpling Days by Grace Lin`
In the book Dumpling Days, what are the names of
the three sisters?
In the book Dumpling Days, how much money did
Pacy win for the book she wrote and illustrated?
Ki-Ki, Lissy and Pacy
$400.
In the book Dumpling Days, why did the girls all have
to wear the same color dress on the airplane?
In the book Dumpling Days, what name did a girl call
Pacy at the Taiwanese-American convention?
Because it was the only color that the store had in all
three of the sister’s sizes.
A Twinkie.
In the book Dumpling Day, what color dress did all
three sisters have to wear on the airplane on their
way to Taiwan?
In the book Dumpling Days, what is the name of the
capital city of Taiwan?
Taipei.
Hot pink.
In the book Dumpling Days, what was the name of
Pacy’s best friend?
In the book Dumpling Days, what name does Pacy
called Uncle Li-Li?
Melody.
Uncle Flower.
In the book Dumpling Days, how long is the family
visiting Taiwan?
In the book Dumpling Days, what is Uncle Flower’s
real name?
28 days.
Uncle Li-Li.
In the book Dumpling Days, how old is Grandma
going to be?
In the book Dumpling Days, What does jiaozi mean
in English?
Sixty years old.
Dumplings.
In the book Dumpling Days, Dad describes Taiwan
as bao dao. What does that mean?
In the book Dumpling Days, how many dumplings
did Grandma say a famous dumpling chef in China
can make in seven hours and twenty minutes?
It means treasure island.
One million.
In the book Dumpling Days, what classes were the
girls taking in Taiwan?
In the book Dumpling Days, what was special about
the first dumplings that Pacy ate in Taiwan?
Lissy had calligraphy, Pacy has a class in painting
birds and flowers and Ki-Ki has paper cutting.
They were soup dumplings.
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In the book Dumpling Days, how old is Lissy?
In the book Dumpling Days, why does the garbage
truck play music?
14 years old.
So people will know to bring out their garbage.
In the book Dumpling Days, what does the peach
symbolize?
In the book Dumpling Days, what is the girls’ last
name?
Longevity.
Lin.
In the book Dumpling Days, why were people
burning something in metal barrels?
In the book Dumpling Days, what does Pai-Se mean
in Chinese?
To honor Ghost Month.
Treasured thought.
In the book Dumpling Days, how did Pacy’s Mom
explain Ghost Month?
In the book Dumpling Days, what does Li-Se mean
in Chinese?
She said it is a kind of Chinese holiday where people
honor spirits and ghosts.
Beautiful thought.
In the book Dumpling Days, what were people
burning to honor their ancestors during Ghost
Month?
In the book Dumpling Days, what does Kai-Se mean
in Chinese?
Victorious thought.
Paper money and all kinds of things made out of
paper – computers, clothes, shoes, and cars.
In the book Dumpling Days, why did people burn
things during Ghost Month?
In the book Dumpling Days, how does Pacy describe
the building where the girls have their class?
To honor the hungry ghosts.
The building looked almost like a hospital.
In the book Dumpling Days, what did the coins at
Uncle Zhuzhan’s Lunar New Year feast indicate?
In the book Dumpling Days, what does the art
teacher say about not painting things realistically?
Two coins were tossed. If any landed heads up it
means that ancestors were laughing and not finished
eating yet. Only when both coins landed tails up
would the guests be able to eat at the feast.
He says to paint the idea of things or the memory of
things.
Dumpling Days by Grace Lin`
In the book Dumpling Days, the art teacher said that
we do not look at a Chinese painting, we ______ the
painting?
In the book Dumpling Days, what does the art
teacher say about erasing?
You cannot erase in a Chinese painting.
We read a Chinese painting.
In the book Dumpling Days, what was the first thing
that Pacy painted in art class?
In the book Dumpling Days, how was the food
served at Dim Sum?
Bamboo.
Women pushed silver carts from one table to the
next table.
In the book Dumpling Days, how does Pacy describe
Dim Sum?
In the book Dumpling Days, what was the name of
the girl who next to Pacy in art class?
She said it is like a backward buffet.
Audrey Chiang.
In the book Dumpling Days, what was the crispy
brown food that looked like a twig?
In the book Dumpling Days, Why does Audrey tell
Pacy that art class does not count?
Chicken feet.
Because they are not getting a grade for it – it is
extracurricular.
In the book Dumpling Days, what does tapping
fingers on the table indicate?
In the book Dumpling Days, describe what Pacy’s
nicest dress looks like.
It is a way of saying thank you.
It has strawberries on it.
In the book Dumpling Days, what three cultures did
Uncle Flower say Taiwan is a mix of?
In the book Dumpling Days, what is the name of the
town that Pacy’s dad is from?
Chinese, Japanese and Dutch.
Taichung.
In the book Dumpling Days, what were the stone
figures of animals?
In the book Dumpling Days, what did Pacy eat that
burned her mouth?
Name chops.
Wasabi.
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In the book Dumpling Days, how does Dad describe
the name chops?
In the book Dumpling Days, what did Pacy
mistakenly think that the wasabi was?
He says that it is someone’s identity and tells who
you are.
Mashed peas.
In the book Dumpling Days, what does the Chinese
character yong mean?
In the book Dumpling Days, what did Pacy say is not
a flavor?
Forever.
Pain.
In the book Dumpling Days, what animals were on
the girls’ name chops?
In the book Dumpling Days, what did Pacy keep
drinking after she ate wasabi?
Lissy had a pig, Pacy had a tiger and Ki-Ki had a
horse.
Tea.
In the book Dumpling Days, what special purple
In the book Dumpling Days, what happened when
thing did the family get for Grandma’s birthday party? Pacy hit the red button on the toilet in the Japanese
restaurant?
A corsage.
It started beeping.
In the book Dumpling Days, what kind of flower was
Grandma’s birthday corsage?
In the book Dumpling Days, what color button made
the Japanese toilet flush?
A purple orchid.
The yellow button.
In the book Dumpling Days, in the story called The
Value of Elders, what did the emperor demand
happened to people when they turned sixty years
old?
In the book Dumpling Days, what is the name for the
Japanese dumplings?
Gyoza.
They were executed.
In the book Dumpling Days, what was the question
that the emperor need answered in the story called
the Value of Elders?
In the book Dumpling Days, what does bamboo
symbolize?
Long life.
Which pieced of wood was from the branch and
which one was from the root?
Dumpling Days by Grace Lin`
In the book Dumpling Days, how could a person tell
which part of the wood was from the branch and
which was from the root?
In the book Dumpling Days, why does bamboo
symbolize longevity?
Because it keeps its leaves in the winter.
The root will sink and the branch will float when
placed in water.
In the book Dumpling Days, what did Pacy give
Grandma for her sixtieth birthday?
In the book Dumpling Days, what Chinese word was
put on the clothes for children?
Her painting that she made in art class.
Happiness
.
In the book Dumpling Days, what Chinese word was
put on the clothes for adults?
In the book Dumpling Days, what word does the
Chinese word for bamboo sound like?
Long life.
Wish.
In the book Dumpling Days, what kind of bird did
they eat at Grandma’s birthday party?
In the book Dumpling Days, what did Lissy use in her
class?
Quail.
An inkstone and ink stick.
In the book Dumpling Days, what kinds of noodles
were served at Grandma’s birthday party?
In the book Dumpling Days, what was Grandma’s
birthday gift to Lissy?
Long life noodles.
A photography session where they styled her hair,
did her makeup and dressed her in pretty dresses.
In the book Dumpling Days, what does mianchang
mean?
In the book Dumpling Days, how do you say hello in
Chinese?
Long noodles.
Ni Hao
In the book Dumpling Days, what were the dancers
at Grandma’s birthday party dressed as?
In the book Dumpling Days, what special thing did
the makeup artist at the photo shoot do to LIssy’s
eyes?
Chinese lions.
Used stickers to give her eye folds.
Dumpling Days by Grace Lin`
In the book Dumpling Days, who dressed up as a
Chinese lion and danced at Grandma’s birthday
party?
In the book Dumpling Days, what was the name of
the boy at school that liked Pacy?
Sam Mercer
Uncle Flower, Shogun, Julian and their father.
In the book Dumpling Days, what present did Lissy
give Grandma at her birthday party?
In the book Dumpling Days, what does Taipei mean?
North of Taiwan.
A poster of one of her photographs.
In the book Dumpling Days, what did Ki-Ki give
Grandma for a birthday present?
In the book Dumpling Days, what does Taichung
mean?
A flat board covered with gold paint and sparkles that Middle of Taiwan.
said #1 Grandma.
In the book Dumpling Days, what does Gau mean?
In the book Dumpling Days, what kind of train did the
family travel on?
Talented.
A bullet train.
In the book Dumpling Days, what food did Mom bring In the book Dumpling Days, describe the toilet at the
back from Taiwan?
train station.
Packs of seaweed and rice crackers.
It was a porcelain covered hole in the floor.
In the book Dumpling Days, what food did LIssy
bring back from Taiwan?
In the book Dumpling Days, what is Pocky?
Big pretzels with a strawberry coating.
Ten tins of sour plum candy.
In the book Dumpling Days, what food did Ki-Ki bring
back from Taiwan?
In the book Dumpling Days, who met Pacy’s family
at the train station?
Bags of white melon candy.
Cousin Clifford.
In the book Dumpling Days, what was in the bag that
Uncle Flower gave to Pacy just before they left
Taiwan?
In the book Dumpling Days, what did Cousin Clifford
drive?
A silver grey motor scooter.
Chopsticks and dumplings.
Dumpling Days by Grace Lin`
In the book Dumpling Days, who was the women in
Taiwan that Pacy first thought looked like Melody’s
mother?
In the book Dumpling Days, what did Cousin Clifford
say about traffic lights?
That they are just suggestions and not rules.
A fortune teller.
In the book Dumpling Days, what did the fortune
teller say about Pacy?
In the book Dumpling Days, what does Big Uncle
look like?
That she was sensitive, creative and has a special
skill. She also said that she will get into trouble.
He was a little taller and wider than Pacy’s Dad and
had a red face with drooping, tired looking eyes.
In the book Dumpling Days, what was special about
the garbage truck?
In the book Dumpling Days, what does the
Cantonese word for wonton mean?
It played music like an ice cream truck.
Swallowing clouds.
Dumpling Days by Grace Lin`
In the book Dumpling Days, who was the women in
Taiwan that Pacy first thought looked like Melody’s
mother?
In the book Dumpling Days, what did the famous
doctor in the Story of Dumpling Soup use the soup to
treat?
A fortune teller.
Frostbitten ears.
In the book Dumpling Days, what did the fortune
teller say about Pacy?
In the book Dumpling Days, what does the
Cantonese word for wonton mean?
That she was sensitive, creative and has a special
skill. She also said that she will get into trouble.
Swallowing clouds
In the book Dumpling Days, what was special about
the garbage truck?
In the book Dumpling Days, what does Big Uncle
look like?
It played music like an ice cream truck.
He was a little taller and wider than Pacy’s Dad and
had a red face with drooping, tired looking eyes.
In the book Dumpling Days, why didn’t Aunt Ami
hang her laundry out to dry in the evenings?
In the book Dumpling Days, In the book Dumpling
Days, what did Cousin Clifford say about traffic
lights?
Because it was ghost month.
That they are just suggestions and not rules.
In the book Dumpling Days, what did Pacy say the
wax apple tasted like?
In the book Dumpling Days, how long did it take the
elevator to travel from the 5th floor to the 89th floor in
the Taipei 101 building?
An apple crossed with a bubble.
37 seconds.
In the book Dumpling Days, what was in the big
aluminum pot at the market in Taichung?
In the book Dumpling Days, what is the Taipei 101
building shaped like?
1 had eels, 1 had fish and 1 had turtles.
Bamboo.
.
In the book Dumpling Days, what word did Pacy
learn to say to let people know that she was
American?
In the book Dumpling Days, what was written on the
3 mailboxes in the Taipei 101 building?
Family, friend, lover.
Meiguoren.
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In the book Dumpling Days, what does Huaren mean In the book Dumpling Days, why did Pacy’s Mom
in Chinese?
buy a 10 pack of postcards that individual ones in the
Taipei 101 building?
Overseas Chinese.
The 10 pack was a much better deal.
In the book Dumpling Days, why was there an opera
being performed at a temple?
In the book Dumpling Days, who did Kiki mail a
Taipei 101 postcard to?
To entertain the ghosts.
Herself.
In the book Dumpling Days, what did Cousin Clifford
offer to the God of literature?
In the book Dumpling Days, why did Kiki mail herself
a Taipei 101 postcard?
Green onions.
Because she loves herself.
In the book Dumpling Days, what story did the gold
room at the temple make Pacy think of?
In the book Dumpling Days, what are in the first 5
floors of the Taipei 101 building?
The Story of King Midas.
A shopping mall.
In the book Dumpling Days, what 4 pleasures in life
did the statues in the temple represent?
In the book Dumpling Days, what is in the basement
of the Taipei 101 building?
Yawning, scratching your back, picking your ears
and picking your nose.
A food court.
In the book Dumpling Days, what did Grandma and
Grandpa say about traditions?
In the book Dumpling Days, what was the name of
the Taipei 101 food court restaurant that Pacy ate
in?
Some are fine to practice, but you have to use
common sense.
MacDonald’s
.
In the book Dumpling Days, what time did the fortune In the book Dumpling Days, what did Pacy’s mother
teller say that Aunt Suying had to get married?
order at the Taipei 101 MacDonald’s?
Between 5 and 7 am.
Rice burgers.
In the book Dumpling Days, why did Aunt Suying
want to leave the wedding room?
In the book Dumpling Days, what did Kiki and Pacy
get at the Taipei 101 MacDonald’s?
She had to go to the bathroom.
Chicken nuggets.
Dumpling Days by Grace Lin`
In the book Dumpling Days, what was the art
teacher’s name?
In the book Dumpling Days, what kind of special
cakes did Mom order for Grandma’s birthday party?
Li Mengshan.
Peach cakes and turtle cakes.
In the book Dumpling Days, why did Aunt Suying’s
family say that she could not leave the wedding
room?
In the book Dumpling Days, what do turtles
symbolize?
Longevity.
She could not leave the room because she would
end up having a bad marriage.
In the book Dumpling Days, when Pacy compared
her flower to Audrey’s precise, clean flowers, what
did she say that hers looked like?
In the book Dumpling Days, what happened to
Pacy’s mother’s purse on the subway?
A man took her blue change purse.
Pink gumballs melted into one another.
In the book Dumpling Days, what is the name of the
tall building Pacy’s family visited?
Taipei 101.
.
In the book Dumpling Days, what did the sculpture of
three huge stone circles at the Taipei 101 building
represent?
In the book Dumpling Days, what was in the blue
change purse the man stole from Pacy’s mother’s
purse on the subway?
Tissues.
In the book Dumpling Days, what happened to the
wrinkled paintings when they were mounted on silk?
The wrinkles come out and they become flat.
Coins with holes that make the numbers 101.
In the book Dumpling Days, why are gold coins good
luck symbols?
In the book Dumpling Days, what did Pacy paint for
the exhibit?
They represent wealth.
3 birds on a piece of bamboo.
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In the book Dumpling Days, what name chop did
Pacy select for her painting?
In the book Dumpling Days, why is a drink called
frog’s eggs?
She thought it was the one for happiness.
It has balls of tapioca in it.
In the book Dumpling Days, where did Uncle Shin
want to go first as soon as he arrived in Taiwan?
In the book Dumpling Days, what is the drink frog’s
eggs called in America?
The night market.
Bubble tea.
In the book Dumpling Days, what did Pacy decide to
get on her name chop?
In the book Dumpling Days, what name chop was on
Eva’s painting?
Her name in both English and Chinese.
Spring.
In the book Dumpling Days, what is chou doufu?
In the book Dumpling Days,
Who found Pacy when got lost in the night market?
Stinky tofu.
Shogun.
In the book Dumpling Days, why did Pacy’s Mom
and Dad leave Taiwan to come to America?
In the book Dumpling Days, what happened to Big
Uncle when Pacy’s Dad was young?
There was martial law in Taiwan.
He was arrested.
In the book Dumpling Days, what did Kiki and Lissy
win at the night market?
In the book Dumpling Days, what could you buy from
a vending machine at the night market?
Goldfish.
Puppies and kittens.
.
In the book Dumpling Days, which of the girls won an In the book Dumpling Days, what did the name chop
award for her artwork?
on Pacy’s artwork really mean?
Kiki.
Permanent or unchangeable.