Year+the+Swallows+Came+Early,+The+-+Mrs.+Henderson

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 * |||| Book Title: The Year the Swallows Came Early ||  ||   ||
 * |||| Author: Katherine Fitzmaurice ||  ||   ||
 * || In the book: ||  ||   ||   ||
 * || Book Title || Question || Answer || Page Number ||
 * 1 ||  || Groovy says that her house is like a candy with “beautiful swirled chocolate on the outside, but sometimes hiding coconut flakes on the inside, all gritty and hard, like undercooked white rice” (p. 1). What does she mean? || That the outside may look perfect but the inside is very different. A cover-up. || 1 ||
 * 2 ||  || What certain foods remind Groovy of certain things? || Scrambled eggs remind her of talking to Mama while the fog rolls in, and Luis’s tacos remind her of the swallows coming back. ||   ||
 * 3 ||  || What name does mama call Groovy when she is trying to impress someone? || Eleanor || 10 ||
 * 4 ||  || What is Luis’s favorite seven words for Groovy? || “I’ve got another recipe for you.” ||   ||
 * 5 ||  || Why is seeing the safe-deposit box at the bank so hard for Groovy? || She realized that her mother was right. Her daddy had gambled away all of their money and instead of being sad at her daddy, she was now mad. ||   ||
 * 6 ||  || Where did Frankie first see his stepmother, Zoila Maria Venicio after she had been gone for so long? || She showed up at the Swallow || 115 ||
 * 7 ||  || What does Mr. Tom tell Groovy about the way she will feel if she doesn’t forgive her daddy? || He said it will bring personal suffering. || 54 ||
 * 8 ||  || Where did Groovy and her parent’s go, on vacation, when she was nine? || They took a weeklong trip to the Grand Canyon. || 193 ||
 * 9 ||  || What happens when Groovy finally decides to tell her mother about all her secrets regarding her father? || An earthquake. || 241 ||
 * 10 ||  || What did Groovy do every Saturday during the summer? || She walked with her daddy to work. ||   ||
 * 11 ||  || Who was Groovy named after? || Her great-grandmother. || 9 ||
 * 12 ||  || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Mama says things about Daddy that Groovy “Wouldn’t repeat to anyone.” What things does she say? || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">“That we are better off without him,” and “Closet skeletons and trouble pretty much summed daddy up.” || 9 ||
 * 13 ||  || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Why does Mama say these things? || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">“She doesn’t see things the way daddy did.” || 9 ||
 * 14 ||  || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">What does Groovy do when her mother says these things? || Groovy covers her ears with her hands and says, “I can’t hear you.” || 9 ||
 * 15 ||  || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Does Mama still care about Daddy? || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">yes ||   ||
 * 16 ||  || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">What does Groovy’s great-grandmother give her? || Twenty-five thousand dollars. || 84 ||
 * 17 ||  || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Frankie and Groovy choose to be angry, even though Mr. Tom’s words are like a sign pointing them in the right direction (p. 197). What do you think Mr. Tom means when he says that people who don’t forgive are like “Those houses they put sandbags around to keep floodwaters out. Nothin’ comes in, but nothin’ goes out either” (p. 54)? || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">All of those feelings stay bottled up inside. They will never forgive and they will suffer forever. || 197 ||
 * 18 ||  || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Luis tells Groovy that “People are just who they are” (p. 223). What does he mean? || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">He was referring to Mr. Tom. He doesn’t have a job and doesn’t have a desire to find a job. || 223 ||
 * 19 ||  || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">When Mama first suggests selling strawberries, Groovy protests. How does having to sell her strawberries make Groovy grow up? || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">It helps her to force through the hard times in her life and never give up. ||   ||
 * 20 ||  || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Why does Groovy lie to her father on the phone when implies that he’s sure her mother already told her everything? || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Groovy lies because she doesn’t want to hear her father admit the truth. ||   ||
 * 21 ||  || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">How did Groovy’s father help Mr. Tom? || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">He sold a mobile home for a client and the client paid him with a trailer. Instead of selling the trailer, he let Mr. Tom win a card game with that as the winning prize. He let him win because he knew Mr. Tom had no place to live. || 228 ||
 * 22 ||  || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">How is Frankie’s relationship with his mother similar to and different from Groovy’s relationship with her father? || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Frankie and Groovy both have a hard time forgiving their parents. Frankie doesn’t want to forgive his mother, but deep down inside, Groovy wants to forgive her father. She sees the greater good in her father that Frankie lacks when it comes to his mother. || 260 ||
 * 23 ||  || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">What is the code to say “I love you” between Groovy and her mother? || Her mother squeezes her hand three times. ||   ||
 * 24 ||  || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">What were the three wishes Groovy made? || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Mr. Tom to get back to his island with his supplies to his trailer, for Frankie’s mother to come back soon so they could be together, and for herself: “Daddy to come back and sit on the jetty rocks with her again.” ||   ||
 * 25 ||  || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Groovy is very specific about her dreams. What does she dream? || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">She imagines dicing vegetables without lifting the top of the knife, using a zester to make lemon skins float off like confetti, and knowing the exact right amount of time to cool a cake before frosting it. ||   ||