A House and A Yard

Question 1

Where is Diana when the chapter opens?

Answer 1

Back in America specifically in Sycaruse NY

Question 2

What style house does Diana and her family move into?

Answer 2

A split level house with a large backyard

Question 3

Who do they meet that lives next door?

Answer 3

The Manarelli’s
Jeff- grumpy husband/father
Mrs. Manarelli- Italian, sweet, cook
Marco- Diana’s age

Question 4

What does Mrs.Manarelli tend to do?

Answer 4

Come over with food and talk to Bud about cooking, they are both very outgoing and love to cook

Question 5

What does Marco like to collect?

Answer 5

Monkees 45s

Question 6

What is the name of Diana’s new best friend in America?

Answer 6

Sally Holmes

Question 7

What color is the Christmas tree at Sally’s house? And how tall is it? Especially compared to Diana’s

Answer 7

Sally’s tree is silver and goes to the ceiling
Diana’s tree is green and a 3 foot tabletop version

Question 8

What does Sally look like?

Answer 8

She has red curly hair, freckles, and a turned up nose

Question 9

What food does she eat at Sally’s house and how does she feel about it?

Answer 9

She eats instant chocolate pudding and eggnog from the carton. She doesn’t like it but she thinks it’s because its American food and that she’s forgotten how to like it

Question 10

What happens 3 days after Christmas?

Answer 10

The day before Sally’s dad flooded the backyard so it would freeze and invited Diana over to skate with Sally who had gotten new skates for Christmas so Diana skates in her old ones

Question 11

How does Diana feel when she first tries to skate?

Answer 11

Unsteady because she wasn’t able to skate while she was in Jordan

Question 12

How long does Diana and Sally skate for?

Answer 12

All day

Question 13

Why does Diana not want to stop skating?

Answer 13

Because her toes have stopped hurting and she is remembering life in Jordan for the first time in a while

Question 14

What color are Diana’s feet and toes when she comes home from ice skating?

Answer 14

Her feet are beet red and her toes are a grayish green

Question 15

Can Diana feel anything when Suzy pokes at her toes?

Answer 15

no

Question 16

What causes Diana to realize something is wrong with her feet?

Answer 16

When she sees that her mom is about to cry

Question 17

Why does Diana not want to go to the doctor?

Answer 17

Because the last time she went was before she left for Jordan where she was given 6 vaccines at once which caused her arm to swell

Question 18

What are the two reasons her family does not take her to the doctor for her toes?

Answer 18

She does not want to go after her last experience
It is starting to snow and its dark out

Question 19

What does her family do instead of going to the doctor to help her?

Answer 19

They call Bud’s sister Auntie Aya in Jordan who is know as the family healer

Question 20

What does Auntie Aya recommend to help Diana?

Answer 20

To make soup for her to drink and for her to put her feet into

Question 21

What does the soup smell like?

Answer 21

Of oranges and flowers

Question 22

What grade is Diana in when they move back to America?

Answer 22

The 4th grade

Question 23

Who was Sally’s best friend before Diana moved to the US?

Answer 23

Jamie Faraday

Question 24

What is the certain way to dress in the US? And to wear your hair?

Answer 24

Hip huggers and flaired jeans with your hair in a bob

Question 25

What are the popular lunchboxes and what does Diana bring?

Answer 25

Barbie for girls and GI joe for boys she shows up with a flinstones one

Question 26

Why does Diana's family set up their barbque in the front yard instead of the back?

Answer 26

Because it is more coveient since the kitchen is closer to the front of the house and that is how they used to do it in Jordan to share with their neighbors

Question 27

What happens when Diana's family begins cooking in the front yard?

Answer 27

Some neighbors come by to see if they are doing something suspicious

Question 28

Who in the neighborhood sent the couple to spy on Diana's family?

Answer 28

The Tinerkes

Question 29

What does Jamie tell Diana on the bus the day after they cooked in their front yard?

Answer 29

That if her family doesn't "behave" with the rules of the US then her family is going to kick them out of the US

Question 30

What happens to Diana the week after Jamie's threat?

Answer 30

She doesn't have an appitite rejects Bud's lunches and throws away her mom's fluffernutter sandwhiches She also doesn't speak

Question 31

Who notices the change in Diana's behavior?

Answer 31

Mrs. Manrelli

Question 32

What does Mrs. Manarelli make for Diana when she invites her over?

Answer 32

Panna Cotta

Question 33

Who does Diana confess her concerns about school, friends, and her family? And what is she eating while doing so?

Answer 33

Mrs. Manarelli and she's eating a slice of Panna Cotta

Question 34

What does Mrs. Manarelli want to do after Diana tells her about the incident with the neighbors?

Answer 34

she wants to call the neighbors and confront them

Question 35

What does Mrs. Manarelli do instead of confronting the neighbors after hearing Diana's story?

Answer 35

Goes back over to Diana's house and they have a picnic in the front yard with the Panna Cotta

Question 36

What are the recipes included in this chapter?

Answer 36

Grilled Chicken and Panna Cotta