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Chasing Secrets Flashcards

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Which class is not taught at Lizzie’s boarding school?

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Science is not taught at her boarding school.

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What animal is often found dead in the area during the quarantine?

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Many rats are found dead.

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What prediction is made by the Astral Dog?

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That Gemma and Spencer, and Gus and Lizzie will be partners.

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Who does Lizzie try to get to help her find Jing?

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She tries to get Uncle Karl to help her.

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What is the secret of the monkey?

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They check to see if the monkey dies, to see if it has the Plague.

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How does Lizzie know the doctor is giving Maggie the wrong serum?

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It doesn’t have the IP on the label.

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What invention does Mr. Trotter like to share with his friends in San Francisco?

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He shares his new motorcar.

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Why is Jing keeping Noah in his room?

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Jing doesn’t want Noah to catch the plague.

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What theme is the line? “I’m not going to live my life ‘as your son.’ I’m going to live it my way.”

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Be true to yourself.

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Why did Mei jump out of the window?

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She didn’t want to take the vaccine because people die after taking it.

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What genre is Chasing Secrets?

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It is an historical fiction book.

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Why doesn’t Caroline want Lizzie to fix her arm?

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Caroline thinks Lizzie’s dad is hurting her mom.

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What happens in Chinatown when the area is put into quarantine?

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No one is allowed in or out of Chinatown.

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During what time period does Chasing Secrets take place?

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It take’s place in the early 1900’s.

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Why have all the important men been telling everyone that there was no Plague in San Francisco?

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They were afraid that the city would lose a lot of money if people chose not to come to the area.

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What is special about the Yersin’s vaccine?

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It is the vaccine that works, it is rare, and it is expensive.

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What promise does Lizzie make to Noah?

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She promises Noah to hep Jing escape from Chinatown.

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What do residents of Chinatown think about Jing?

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They see him as a leader and a translator.

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What does Lizzie want to be when she grows up?

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She wants to be a doctor.

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Who has been hiding in Jing’s room while he is gone?

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Noah, Jing’s son, has been hiding in Jing’s room.

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Where does Billy go when he disappears?

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He goes into town to fight and earn money.

22
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How does Lizzie know when it is safe to visit Noah?

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Noah puts up the blind so she can see the gold cord.

23
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Why did some people get the Yersin’s vaccine, while others got the Haffkine’s vaccine?

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Only the wealthy would get the Yersin’s vaccine because it was so expensive.

24
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Why did Billy die from the plague?

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He had sold his dose of the Yersin’s vaccine to buy a motorcar.

25
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Why are so many people afraid to take the vaccine for the Plague?

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People had been given the Haffkine’s accine, which had terrible side effects.

26
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Why doesn’t Aunt Hortense want Lizzie to accompany her father on his rounds?

A

She doesn’t want her to catch the disease.

27
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What happened to Noah’s mom?

A

She never left China.

28
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What color dress did The Girl With Black Hair wear to the cotillion?

A

Shining scarlet. (red)

29
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What animal died that proved the presence of the plague?

A

The monkey.

30
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What is the name of the disease that killed Billy?

A

Bubonic plague.

31
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What is the name of the finishing school that Lizzie attends?

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Miss Barstow’s.

32
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Who is Noah?

A

Jing’s son

33
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What does “Honolulu” mean in Chinatown?

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It means that someone wants to burn Chinatown

34
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Who is Billy?

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Billy is Lizzie’s older brother

35
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How did Maggie catch the plague?

A

From the rats

36
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Who is Jing?

A

Jing is Lizzie’s family’s cook, and a very special friend for Lizzie.

37
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Why did Lizzie ride to Chinatown to see Noah?

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Lizzie needed to tell Noah about how people were going to burn down Chinatown.

38
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Why was Gemma acting like a dog at Miss Barstow’s?

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A dog bit her, so she thought she got rabies.

39
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Who are Lizzie’s Aunt and Uncle?

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Aunt Hortense and Uncle Karl

40
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Who is Lizzie’s Aunt’s cook?

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Yung Sun

41
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What does Lizzie do for Noah

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She brought him food

42
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What did Billy and Lizzie do to get Jing out of the quarantine?

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They used a women, Donaldina Cameron, who can get Jing out of the quarantine.

43
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True or False: Did a Chinese girl really jump out of a window?

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True, she thought people were trying to give her the medicine that could kill you.

44
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Did Billy ever play with Lizzie before he turned mean?

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Yes, in fact, he used to give Lizzie secret horse rides.

45
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Did Aunt Hortense and Lizzie learn to become better friends?

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At the end of the book they started liking each other more.

46
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What sickness or disease did Maggie have?

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Maggie had the plague.

47
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Why did Spencer not dance with Gemma when they were at the cotillion?

A

He said it’s because she had crutches.

48
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Why doesn’t Jing come home?

A

He was accidentally caught int the quarantine.

49
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Where do Gemma and Lizzie find their matches?

A

At the Astral Dog at Ocean City.

50
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Why do angry mobs want to burn down Chinatown?

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Because it has been quarantined and the plague is killing people and animals there.

Reading Olympics 2017 (53 decks)

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