Raymond
What is Raymond relationship to the Hazel?
Her Brother who she looks after.
Who is it that came close to beating Raymonds sister in the race?
Gretchen.
What race did Hazel win in Kindergarten?
The 20-yard dash.
“That’s right, Fatso. And the next word out of anybody and I’ll be their mother too.”
Hazel
Why does Hazel look after Raymond?
Because he is "not quite right."
Who is the person who "pins the numbers on?"
Mr. Pearson
What did Hazel play in a Hansel and Gretel play?
A strawberry.
“Oh, I guess I’ll play handball this afternoon and watch television tonight.”
Cynthia Procter
Where does Hazel put Raymond when she goes to find Mr. Pearson for her number?
She puts him in the little swings.
What is the full name of the girl that always wins the spelling bee?
Cynthia Procter
What was the number that Hazel received from Mr. Pearson.
Number 7.
“Gidyap”
Raymond
What does it say, that sometimes happens, when Raymond is not watched?
"He’ll dash across traffic to the island in the middle of Broadway and give the pigeons a fit."
What is Hazels full name?
Hazel Elizabeth Deborah Parker.
What do the big kids call Hazel and why?
Mercury because she is the swiftest thing in the neighborhood.
“You signing up for the May Day races?”
Mary Louise
At what point does Hazel realize that Raymond would make a "very fine runner?"
When he climbs over the fence and runs over to her after the race.
What is the name of the person who "runs errands for the big boys and sells Christmas cards?"
George
Name at least three of the things the Hazel feels before a race?
I’m in a dream, the kind of dream you have when you’re sick with fever and feel all hot and weightless. I dream I’m flying over a sandy beach in the early morning sun, kissing the leaves of the trees as I fly by. And there’s always the smell of apples, just like in the country when I was little and used to think I was a choo-choo train, running through the fields of corn and chugging up the hill to the orchard. And all the time I’m dreaming this, I get lighter and lighter until I’m flying over the beach again, getting blown through the sky like a feather that weighs nothing at all.
“What are you, his mother?”
Rosie