Measuring Up - inter to Expert Flashcards
(25 cards)
In Measuring Up, who is the main antagonist?
Miranda
In Measuring Up, what point of view does Lily LaMotte use?
First Person
In Measuring Up, where was Cici born?
Taiwan
what special activity did Cici and her grandmother enjoy doing every Saturday?
Going to the market
what is the only language A-ma is able to speak?
Taiwanese
In Measuring Up, who says, “Bitter melon is healthy”?
Grandma
In Measuring Up, who wonders, “Will the food taste the same in Seattle?”
Cici
what most amazes Cici when she visits Jenna’s house for the first time?
Fire in the fireplace
what does Cici call the following: “Good grades, good college, good job, good life”?
Her family motto
who tells Cici, “Good grades, good college, good job, good life”?
Dad
how does Cici learn about the cooking competition?
From a sign
In Measuring Up, what are the kids in the cooking contest given each week?
A secret ingredient
how does A-ma show she believes that Cici is going to win the cooking competition?
She buys new luggage
who picks up Miranda and Cici from school to bring them back to Miranda’s house?
Miranda’s nanny
whose kitchen looks like it swallowed the cooking store?
Miranda’s home kitchen
In Measuring Up, what does Miranda hope to be when she’s older?
An artist
In Measuring Up, who has created a comic book with goats that wear capes and fly like Superman?
Miranda
In Measuring Up, what does Cici suggest they add to the chocolate chip cookies?
Smoked sea salt
In Measuring Up, who recommends that Cici reads Mastering the Art of French Cooking by Julia Child?
Ms. Green, librarian
In Measuring Up, who teaches Cici, “When you flip anything, you really must have the courage of your conviction”?
Julia Child
In Measuring Up, what is the most difficult part of Cici’s making of the potato pancakes?
The flip
In Measuring Up, what is Cici very nervous about doing with her friends?
Inviting them to her home
In Measuring Up, what sits in front of the old photos of Cici’s ancestors in her home?
Bowls of rice
In Measuring Up, who tells Cici, “You’re a lucky girl. But better than luck, you’ll always be successful because of you work hard”?
A-ma
