Battle of the Books Resource Guide: Activities for the book In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson

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Quotes from the book In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson by Bette Bao Lord
Below you will find 12 quotes in random order. Do you know the right sequence? ... CLUES

1. _____ "The woman had no eyelashes. Other foreigners grew hair all over them, more than six Chinese together. This woman had none. Her skin was as bare as the Happy Buddha's belly ... "

2. _____ "Her cries angered the sleeping demons of the deep and they sent a wall of water to quiet the intruder ..."

3. _____ "Without stickball, the school yard had an eerie look, as desolate as Chungking during an air raid."

4. _____ "Piled high everywhere was junk, metal skeletons of forgotten species. In one corner stood a black iron box the size of several coffins. In another, huge rusty canisters. Underfoot, pools of murky water ..."

5. _____ "Her skin was like crinkled tissue paper; her eyes sunken and dark as well water. She smiled ever so fleetingly, as if pained by the exercise"

6. _____ "With a quick motion Emily stabbed it, and while Shirley stared at the blood oozing out, her friend performed the same operation on her own finger. Then solemnly ..."

7. _____ "No one wished to be a party to such a sad event, so everybody found some urgent business to attend to like scratching, slumping, sniffing, scribbling, squinting, sucking teeth or ... "

8. _____ "Mabel sure could jitterbug"

9. _____ "For many moments, there was no sound save the hum of the refrigerator in the next room. Then Shirley said in a small voice, 'It is so sad, moon cakes without Grandfather.' ... "

10. _____ "All the streets looked alike. Each street was flat and painted black. There were no steep hills. Each house was a replica of theirs."

11. _____ "The clapping that swept the hall seized her by surprise and she stood very still, wondering for a moment if she was imagining it all. No, this was happening. This was real. Instinctively, she bowed."

12. _____ "How wise Grandfather was, Shirley thought. Only he could have foreseen how two black eyes would earn her the lasting friendship of the tallest, and the strongest, and the fastest girl in all of the fifth grade."

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1.	_____	"The woman had no eyelashes. Other foreigners grew hair all over them, more than six Chinese together. This woman had none. Her skin was as bare as the Happy Buddha's belly ... "

2.	_____	"Her cries angered the sleeping demons of the deep and they sent a wall of water to quiet the intruder ..."

3.	_____	"Without stickball, the school yard had an eerie look, as desolate as Chungking during an air raid."

4.	_____	"Piled high everywhere was junk, metal skeletons of forgotten species. In one corner stood a black iron box the size of several coffins. In another, huge rusty canisters. Underfoot, pools of murky water ..."

5.	_____	"Her skin was like crinkled tissue paper; her eyes sunken and dark as well water. She smiled ever so fleetingly, as if pained by the exercise"

6.	_____	"With a quick motion Emily stabbed it, and while Shirley stared at the blood oozing out, her friend performed the same operation on her own finger. Then solemnly ..."

7.	_____	"No one wished to be a party to such a sad event, so everybody found some urgent business to attend to like scratching, slumping, sniffing, scribbling, squinting, sucking teeth or ... "

8.	_____	"Mabel sure could jitterbug"

9.	_____	"For many moments, there was no sound save the hum of the refrigerator in the next room. Then Shirley said in a small voice, 'It is so sad, moon cakes without Grandfather.' ... "

10.	_____	"All the streets looked alike. Each street was flat and painted black. There were no steep hills. Each house was a replica of theirs."

11.	_____	"The clapping that swept the hall seized her by surprise and she stood very still, wondering for a moment if she was imagining it all. No, this was happening. This was real. Instinctively, she bowed."

12.	_____	"How wise Grandfather was, Shirley thought. Only he could have foreseen how two black eyes would earn her the lasting friendship of the tallest, and the strongest, and the fastest girl in all of the fifth grade."