Measuring Up - inter to Expert

Question 1

In Measuring Up, who is the main antagonist?

Answer 1

Miranda

Question 2

In Measuring Up, what point of view does Lily LaMotte use?

Answer 2

First Person

Question 3

In Measuring Up, where was Cici born?

Answer 3

Taiwan

Question 4

what special activity did Cici and her grandmother enjoy doing every Saturday?

Answer 4

Going to the market

Question 5

what is the only language A-ma is able to speak?

Answer 5

Taiwanese

Question 6

In Measuring Up, who says, “Bitter melon is healthy”?

Answer 6

Grandma

Question 7

In Measuring Up, who wonders, “Will the food taste the same in Seattle?”

Answer 7

Cici

Question 8

what most amazes Cici when she visits Jenna’s house for the first time?

Answer 8

Fire in the fireplace

Question 9

what does Cici call the following: “Good grades, good college, good job, good life”?

Answer 9

Her family motto

Question 10

who tells Cici, “Good grades, good college, good job, good life”?

Answer 10

Dad

Question 11

how does Cici learn about the cooking competition?

Answer 11

From a sign

Question 12

In Measuring Up, what are the kids in the cooking contest given each week?

Answer 12

A secret ingredient

Question 13

how does A-ma show she believes that Cici is going to win the cooking competition?

Answer 13

She buys new luggage

Question 14

who picks up Miranda and Cici from school to bring them back to Miranda’s house?

Answer 14

Miranda’s nanny

Question 15

whose kitchen looks like it swallowed the cooking store?

Answer 15

Miranda’s home kitchen

Question 16

In Measuring Up, what does Miranda hope to be when she’s older?

Answer 16

An artist

Question 17

In Measuring Up, who has created a comic book with goats that wear capes and fly like Superman?

Answer 17

Miranda

Question 18

In Measuring Up, what does Cici suggest they add to the chocolate chip cookies?

Answer 18

Smoked sea salt

Question 19

In Measuring Up, who recommends that Cici reads Mastering the Art of French Cooking by Julia Child?

Answer 19

Ms. Green, librarian

Question 20

In Measuring Up, who teaches Cici, “When you flip anything, you really must have the courage of your conviction”?

Answer 20

Julia Child

Question 21

In Measuring Up, what is the most difficult part of Cici’s making of the potato pancakes?

Answer 21

The flip

Question 22

In Measuring Up, what is Cici very nervous about doing with her friends?

Answer 22

Inviting them to her home

Question 23

In Measuring Up, what sits in front of the old photos of Cici’s ancestors in her home?

Answer 23

Bowls of rice

Question 24

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”?

Answer 24

A-ma

Question 25

In Measuring Up, Cici’s dad is upset when seeing the math test score, but what has disappointed him even more so?

Answer 25

She lied to him