Daughter of Invention

Which one is the idiom

• It's raining cats and dogs.

• Life is like a box of chocolates.

• Life is a bowl of cherries.

• It was a Herculian task.

The mother in Daughter of Invention sketches out

• animals

• inventions

• recipes

• math answers

Why did the mother like to read the New York Times?

• To see what the family could anticipate about the economy

• To follow the stock market

• To see what the Americans were up to

• To keep from arguing with the family

What was happening to the family in the Dominican Republic?

• They were in forced labor

• They were struggling with their cleaning business

• They were being watched and followed

• The doctors were not helping them.

What does the father in Daughter of Invention do for work?

• works as a nurse

• works as an accountant

• works as a farmer

• works at a medical center

Why did the mother lose her creativity?

• Someone stole her identity

• She started working in her father's office.

• Her daughter was angry with her.

• Someone stole her suitcase on wheels idea.

What does Yoyo have to do for school?

• Teacher's clean-up

• Write a lesson for others

• Draw a picture of her home land

• write a speech

What excuse does Yoyo want to use to get out of her school commitment?

• Says she is busy

• Says she has to go to the doctor

• Says she is in a coma

• Says she has to help her father

How did Yoyo's mother try to get her to calm down to write her speech?

• Model Walt Whitman

• Model the Gettysburg address

• Think of the Dominican Republic

• Open with four scores and ten years ago

"_____________ is the mother of invention."