Characters
Plot - Ch. 1 -17
Plot Ch. 18-40
100
He is the main character. He has to eat the worms.
Who is Billy?
100
What would Tom not eat which is why he was grounded. Billy said he would eat anything to avoid getting grounded.
What is tuna casserole?
100
What did Alan and Joe hope would happen when they recruited Mrs. Forrester to be the referee while they went out of town? How did it backfire?
They hoped she would forbid Billy from eating any more worms. It backfired because instead she made the worms in delicious recipes that Billy enjoyed eating.
200
Who challenges Billy to the bet? He has to pay $50 if he loses.
Who is Alan?
200
How did Billy act after eating the first worm? (It frightened the other boys, and Alan and Joe ran away.)
He acted crazy like he was a giant bird flapping all around and making noises.
200
How did Alan and Joe cheat on the ninth worm?
They glued two worms together and tried to pass it off as one giant worm.
300
He is on Alan's team. He is very smart, creative, and devious.
Who is Joe?
300
What was the first scheme Alan and Joe tried to do to get Billy to not eat the worms? (Involved Joe and a story.)
Joe told a big made-up story about his mother's and father's reactions when they learned that someone was eating worms. They hoped to scare Billy.
300
What was the scheme Alan and Joe tried to do to get Billy to forget about the worm for a day.
They took Billy to a baseball game, without Tom, and fed him with lots of junk food so that would fall asleep on the way home and forget all about eating a worm for a day.
400
Who is on Billy's team? He is the one who told Billy to think of the worms as "fish".
Who is Tom?
400
What was Billy's father's response when he woke him up at 3:15 A.M. with a stomachache?
He was not worried. He said worms could not hurt Billy and he should go back to sleep.
400
What did Mrs. Forrester receive in the mail?
She received a letter that was supposedly written by Dr. McGrath saying that eating worms was extremely harmful and she should make Billy stop.
500
She was recruited to help referee the bet. She ended up making the worms even more delicious.
Who is Mrs. Forrester?
500
What was Billy's attitude as he ate the sixth and the seventh worm?
He had no problem eating the worms. It was easy for him.
500
What did Alan try to do on the fifteenth worm to prevent Billy from winning the bet?
He tried to lock him in the barn closet, and then he was going to throw him down into the cistern.
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