Immigrants Kids Flashcards
What is a difference in the immigrant girl’s lunches and the American girls?
That the American girls are on diets and hardly eat anything meanwhile the immigrant girls bring their family food from home and like to try and cook at each other’s houses
Where is Olga’s father from? What did he experience?
He is from Russia but he escaped from concentration camps during world war 2
What is Olga’s father’s name?
Mr. Basilovich
How is Mr. Basilovich affected by his past?
He’s attempted sucicide twice since moving to America
Who tells Diana about Mr.Basilovich?
Olga’s longest friend Sonja, who of Russian-Catholic descent
What does Mr. Basilovich ask Diana about when she’s over at Olga’s house?
He asks her about the stuffed cabbages that Bud had sent home with Olga the week before
What are the similarities between Bud and her immigrants friends fathers?
-they all know a language other than English
-are all too emotional or colorful for comfort
-talk too much about who they were
- randomly say intense things like Bud “If I live, I live; If I die, I die”
At the memory of Bud’s cooked cabbage what does Mr. Basilovich start to do? Is this normal for him?
He starts cooking the Russian-Polish-Urkrainian-Jewish version of cooked cabbage and this is very rare Olga has never seen her father cook before
How old is Olga’s sister? And what is her name?
Stasia who is 12
What does Mr. Basilovich keep in a drawer? Who are in the photos?
Old money from European countries and photos of unknown frowning women
How are the cabbage rolls that Mr. Basilovich makes? Are they good or bad? What does Olga and Stasia think?
They are good and Olga and Stasia think so too
How long does Mr. Basilovich cry for? And what happens after that?
2 weeks and then he gets hospitalized
How long is Mr. Basilovich kept under sedation for?
a week
Who calls Diana to tell her that Mr. Basilovich has passed?
Sonja
What color dress does Diana wear to Mr. Basilovich’s funeral?
A grey dress
What kind of bird does Diana encounter on the day of the service? What color is it?
A white pigeon
What is the name of Mr. Basilovich’s cabbage rolls? What does it mean?
Golubsti which means pigeon
