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Q: Why do the other children call Shirley, Jackie Robinson? A: She's Chinese and plays baseball. Jackie Robinson is the first negro to play baseball in the major leagues.

Q: Why does Shirley replace the money in her piggy bank with buttons? A: She takes the money out to buy candy to keep the triplets she's watching quiet. The buttons are put in so it's not noticed that the money is missing.

Q: How does Shirley become friends with Mabel? A: Shirley walks through their stickball game and Mabel gets mad. She punches Shirley in the eye. Shirley doesn't back down and Mabel punches her in the other eye. Shirley doesn't tell on Mabel and they become friends.

Q: How does Shirley get to meet Jackie Robinson? A: Her friend Emily wins the class election for President and she gets to present Jackie Robinson with a key to their school. Emily asks the teacher if Shirley could take her place because she loves baseball and knows everything about Jackie Robinson.

Q. Name two of the three names the main character was called. A.: Bandit, Sixth Cousin, Shirley Temple Wong

Q: What did Shirley do that she thought she was in trouble for when she had to go see her grandmother? A:She left beans on the floor, the maid slipped on them and dropped a pitcher of water.

Q: Why did her classmates call Shirley "Jackie Robinson"? A: She was pigeon-toed and stole home, just like the real Jackie Robinson

Q: What surprise did Shirley's parents buy for her? A: a sofa bed

Q: What American name did Sixth Cousin choose? A: Shirley Temple

Q: What was Shirley's first job? A: Baby-sitting Sean, Seamus, and Stephen

Q: What grade did Shirley get assigned to? A: Fifth

Q: Why was a savings account opened for Shirley? A: So she could save for college.

Q: What did Jackie Robinson challenge students to do? A: Excel

1. When Bandit is informed that she will be going to live with her father in America, she is told she should choose an American name. What is the first American name she can think of? (18) Uncle Sam

2. When Shirley runs her first errand for her father (to get cigarettes) why does she get lost coming back home even though she was certain of the directions to and from the store? (37-40) The first store didn’t have her father’s brand so she had gone to a second store and didn’t go back to the first store to get back home.

3. What does Señora Rodriguez do for Shirley and what does Shirley do for Señora Rodriguez? (60-63) Señora Rodriguez gives Shirley piano lessons. (101-102) Shirley gets her parents to manage the apartment house so Señora Rodriguez can go back home to be with her daughter.

4. What bad thing does Mabel do when Shirley interferes with the baseball game and what good thing comes out of this? (71ff) Mabel beats up Shirley but when Shirley doesn’t squeal on her they become good friends and Mabel helps her become more accepted by the other children.

5. How does Shirley earn money? (136) She babysits for Mrs. O’Reilly’s triplets.