Friday, October 21, 2016

Frida by Johan Winter

Book: Frida
Author: Jonah Winter
ISBN: 0-590-20320-7
U-$1.00-B-0.0046743907-BE-214

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Questions
1. Where was Frida born?
2. What color was Frida's house?
3. What area in Mexico City was Frida's house located?
4. What job did Frida's father do?
5. What did Frida's father teach her?
6. How many children did Frida's mother babysat/take care?
7. Was Frida a lonely child?
8. Did Frida have imaginary friends?
9. What happen to Frida?
10. When did Frida teach herself how to draw?
11. What did Frida want to do after she got better?
12. What type of little paintings did Frida make?
13. What type of art did Frida's father do?
14. Does Frida's father make enough money doing this to support his family?  How do you know?
15. Who showed Frida how to paint onto paintings?
16. Where else does Frida look to get inspiration for her paintings?
17. What subject did Frida study at school?
18. What type of accident was Frida involved in while going home from school?
19. How did the accident happen?
20. What helped Frida survive the hospital stay?
21. How did Frida walk after the accident?
22. Why do you think Frida's body was always in pain after the accident?
23. Why do you think Frida painted pictures of herself crying instead of crying?
24. How did Frida deal with not being able to leave the house?
25. What did the author mean, "she paints what she sees in her heart-on top of what she sees with her eyes"?
26. What are "exvotos"?
27. What did the author mean, "Frida imitates no one in her style"?
28. Frida turns her pain into something _________________.  It is like a ________________.

Author's Note
29. When was Frida born?
30. Where was Frida born?
31. What was Frida's father's name?
32. What was Frida's mother's name?
33. How old was Frida when she was stricken with polio?
34. How long was Frida in bed?
35. What happen to Frida's leg because of polio?
36. What was the result of the shruken leg?
37. At what age was Frida in a horrible bus accident?
38. When did Frida die?
39. Who did Frida marry in 1929?



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