One Book, One School
 Please join the entire Thomas Fitzwater community, students and staff alike, in the reading of Where the Mountain Meets the Moon. The goal is to enjoy the book as a family.
Please use the following pacing guide to keep your family on track. For some added fun, you and your child(ren) may answer the weekly trivia questions and submit them in our Trivia Box located in the front lobby.
Thomas Fitzwater Event at the Planetarium
Week One – January 28 - February
3
Chapters 1-9
Overview
Trivia Questions:
- What keeps Minli from turning brown and dull like the rest of the village?
- In the story “Fruitless Mountain,” what did Jade Dragon’s children do to help the Earth people?
- Name two things Minli took with her on her journey.
- What did Minli find in the salty river?
Week Two – February 4-10
Chapters 10-19
Overview
Trivia Questions:
- What is it that the red dragon cannot do?
- What was the red dragon’s name, and from what was he born?
- How was the goldfish man’s fortune changed?
- How did Minli’s net help her pass by the monkeys in the peach grove?
- Who is Aunt Jin?
Week Three – February 11-17
Chapters 20-29
Overview
Trivia Questions:
- Who was the beggar who tricked the peach vendor?
- From where did the borrowed line come originally?
- For what are the stone lions responsible?
- What items did Minli and Dragon each find that they thought were the borrowed line?
- What color was the tiger that tried to attack Minli?
Week Four – February 18-24
Chapters 30-39
Overview
Trivia Questions:
- How did Dragon become very ill?
- What is strange about the rain that falls in the Village of Moon Rain?
- What did the green tiger demand of A-Gong’s family?
- What did Amah make for Minli?
- How did Da-A-Fu’s ancestors send their wishes to the Old Man of the Moon?
Week Five – February 25-March 2
Chapters 40-48
Overview
Trivia Questions:
- Why couldn’t Dragon cross the bridge to meet the Old Man of the Moon?
- Who greeted Minli as she stepped off the red rope bridge?
- What was the one word running down the page of the King’s borrowed line?
- How was Dragon able to fly?
- What made Fruitless Mountain green again?
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