Figuratively Speaking
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
HODGE PODGE
SUPERHERO
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
100
"His whiskers twitched and trembled.  There were cracker crumbs on his head."
What is alliteration?
100
Phyllis Buckman makes a plan of action for George to take care of Ulysses.
What is she wants George to kill Ulysses because she thinks he is rabid and will hurt Flora..
100
The angry-orange-security guard.
Who is Mr. Klaus, the cat?
100
The superhero's first heroic feat.
What is Ulysses lifts a vacuum over his head with one paw?
100

Ulysses's first breakfast choice that he never got and dreamed of throughout.

What is a giant donut?
200
"Flora wanted to object, but she could read the writing on the wall..."
What is idiom?
200
It is important to William Spiver that Flora return home after visiting her father.
What is William likes Flora more than he is revealing?
200
Flora's mother says, "Flora I went home and you weren't there.   I was terrified."
Flora realizes that her mother loves her more than MaryAnn the little shepherdess.
200

The superhero's most common heroic feat.

What is Ulysses types poetry?

200
 It left blobs of grape jelly in his whiskers.
What is jelly sandwiches?
300

                           DAILY DOUBLE

"Ulysses!" Tootie shouted, flying out of the car and into the night, a single, beautiful word that was immediately swallowed up by the wind..."

What is personification?
300
Mr. Klaus notoriously hid in the green gloomy hallways of the Blixen Arms, where no one ever walked.
What is the Blixen Arms is not a warm and welcoming place to live?
300
The comfort"able" zone.
What is the horsehair sofa?
300
Ulysses vanquished Mr. Klaus at the Blixen Arms to save him.
Who is Mr. George Buckman?
300
Ulysses's supper when he is invited to the dinner table of his Arch-nemesis, Phyllis Buckman.
What is macaroni-and-cheese?
400
"Flora's heart, the lovely, many-armed squid of it, flipped and flailed inside of her."
What is metaphor?
400
So Flora held on tightly to William Spiver.  And he held on tightly back. 
What is they both needed a good friend and they were happy to have each other.   
400
The cause of William Spiver's banishment.
What is he was, exacting his revenge upon Tyrone by pushing his truck into a lake (pond -sinkhole)?
400
Ulyssses's inspiration to confront his arch-nemesis.  
What is "Flare up like flame?"
400
Dr, Meescham's midnight snack that her husband, the real Dr. Meescham, made for her when she had insomnia.
What is sardines on crackers?
500
"The glasses have been glued to my head by evil forces beyond my control."
What is hyperbole?
500
" 'And when I returned and you weren't there..." said Flora's mother.  She started to cry again.  "I don't care about normal.  I just wanted you back.  I needed to find you.' "

What is, "And my mother loves me. Holy bagumba!"

500
Dr. Meescham always left the window open for this reason, even in the winter.
What is she believed something wonderful might happen everyday and make its way in through the open window?
500
The power he uses to begin all his heroic feats.
What is flying?
500
Phyllis and William Spiver both enjoy this treat
What is a Pitzer Pop?
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