(Polly Shulman)
In what type of library did Elizabeth find a job?
Elizabeth found a job in the New York Circulating Material Repository, a lending library of objects, contemporary and historical, common and obscure.
What does Scout want Moose to get from the prison?
Scout wanted a convict’s baseball.
What were Jewish people above the age of 12 required to wear?
A blue star of David and a white armband.
Why did Cameryn’s father approve of her becoming his assistant?
She was planning to go into this field and thought she was mature enough.
How did the United States find out about Japan’s plan to attack the Aleutian Islands?
Cryppies (code breakers) intercepted the Japanese message and deciphered it.
Who was Ketchup Boy?
David Hallenbeck was given the name Ketchup Boy.
What was the Schwa Effect?
The Schwa Effect was when people didn’t realize Calvin was around.
What was Mark Meritt using from the Grimm Collection and why?
He needed to borrow the boots so he would not be late to pick up Andre, his little brother.
When Natalie has a birthday, she is always the same age. What age is that?
10
Where were all Jewish people relocated to at the end of 1940? (This part of the city was given a different name.)
They were relocated to the ghetto, or Podgorze.
Why was Adam a suspect in Rachel’s murder?
The police thought that he may have committed the murder because she was last seen with him and he had pictures of her in the basement of the place in which he worked.
Why did Japan want to attack the Aleutian Islands?
They wanted to draw the US up to the Aleutian islands so that they could attack and take over Midway Island near Hawaii. It would also allow them to have a toehold in Alaska.
How did Griffin obtain his souvenirs?
Griffin would get the trust of people, go into their houses, and steal from them. He called the stolen items souvenirs.
How did Antsy and Calvin get stuck walking Mr. Crawley’s dogs?
Calvin tried to break in and take a dog dish when Antsy tried to cover for him.
What did Elizabeth do/give up in order to borrow the mermaid comb?
Elizabeth had to pledge away her sense of direction.
Who is Scarface?
Al Capone
Who was Geoth and what type of punishment did he inflict on Jewish prisoners?
He was commandant at Plaszow (a concentration camp) and he whipped/killed prisoners.
How did Dr. Jewel commit the Christopher Killer murders?
He would rent a car under another name and then drug his victim so that strangling them would be easy.
How did President Franklin Delano Roosevelt plan on getting the Japanese to leave Kiska and Attu Islands?
He planned an air raid, or blitz, to bomb the Japanese continuously until they left.
What did Eric realize about himself when he raised his hand to say hello to David?
Eric realized that he was just as bad as the rest of them. Eric thought that because David flinched and pulled back when he raised his hand.
After what were Mr.Cawley’s dogs named?
They were named after the seven virtues and seven deadly sins.
Those that worked at the Repository often saw magical items differently. Aaron saw magical items shine. How did Elizabeth know if items were magical?
They had a different smell about them.
What happens each time Moose attempts to play baseball?
His mother makes him take care of Natalie so that she can give piano lessons.
Why was Leon called the boy on the wooden box?
Because he was so small and had to stand on a box to do his job at Schindler’s factory.
What was Dr. Jewel’s motive for committing murder?
He wanted to remain famous.
What did the Japanese do with the American Prisoners of War (POW’s)?
The Japanese put the POW’s on cargo ships and transferred them to Ofuna interrogation camp one of the worst prison camps in Japan.
In chapter 20, a gathered group of boys discuss their responses to Griffin's behavior. A number of excuses are mentioned by various characters as to why they elect to do nothing. What does the following excuse mean? It’s better to stay out of it.
The boys felt that if they said something to Griffin about being a bully, they might be their next target.
What happened to Antsy’s father’s job situation at the the end of the novel?
He became partner of an Italian/French restaurant with Mr. Crawley.
What did Wallice Stone do to Anjali?
He had her eat a gingerbread cookie and turned her into a figurine.
The day after Natalie is admitted to the Esther P. Marinoff school, Moose finds a piece of paper in his shirt pocket. What does the note say?
Done
Who was Oskar Schindler?
A man who claimed to be a Nazi, but in reality was a profiteer and Jewish sympathizer who saved approximately 1,200 Jews from certain death.
What was the big secret that Cameryn’s family was keeping from her?
Cameryn had a twin sister that died years ago.
And her mother was still alive.
An Australian newspaper, The Sydney Morning Herald, published a story entitled Ghost Fight Allies. To what were they referring?
When the United States and Canada went to Kiska to fight the Japanese they ended up fighting themselves. This was because there were no Japanese there and they couldn’t tell who was on what side because of fog and various other reasons.
How did Eric lose his shoe?
Eric lost his shoe when he broke into Griffin’s house to take his souvenirs back.
What really happened to the Schwa’s mother?
She took off with the butcher.