Name that Character
Georgie's Antics
Plot and Setting One
Plot and Setting Two
Miscellaneous
100
I enjoy writing my feelings down in poetry, but I am so shy I don't like to share it!
Lisa Loutzenhiser.
100
Georgie threatened to do this to John at the town picnic if he didn't be quiet.
Tie him to a firework and explode him all over town.
100
The setting of this story is in which city and state?
Glendale, Indiana.
100
The author of this novel is....
Chris Woodworth.
100
Georgie's father served in which military branch?
The Air Force
200
I was Georgie's father's wingman. We had been best friends since we were young.
Jack.
200
Craig Evans got on Georgie's last nerve. Describe what she did to him when they argued about the Vietnam troops.
Attack and choke him in class.
200
Identify two nicknames Georgie gives to the kids her mother babysits.
"The Brat Brigade", "Cookie Crumb Crunchers", and "Curtain Climbers."
200
Describe where Alan, Lisa's brother, really was throughout the novel.
Canada
200
This was a random lottery used during the Vietnam War to enlist men to fight.
The draft.
300
Georgie broke my father's ship in a bottle. However, I am not that upset because people are more important to me than objects.
Mrs. Donovan.
300
Georgie does this to get back at Lisa after learning the truth about Alan.
Give her poetry to Angel and Kathy.
300
What happened to Kathy Newman in the story?
Her brother, Brian, was killed in Vietnam.
300
Describe one crazy thing Aggy does during the girls' visits to the Sunset Home.
Possible answers: -Toot at the brunch -Talk about "Madge" -Give Georgie a Hawaiian 'punch'
300
Identify the four branches of the military.
Marines, Air Force, Army, and Navy.
400
I sold the T.V. It is not healthy the way Georgie always watches it!
Georgie's Mom.
400
Georgie starts one of these to get the residents at the Sunset Home a day of excitement.
A snowball fight with newspapers.
400
Which decade does the story take place in? Identify one element from the novel the author uses to help the reader identify the time period.
The 1970's. Possible answers: Language (groovy, far out, regal) Station wagon Lisa's wardrobe (bell bottom jeans) The cloth diapers
400
Identify the way Georgie and her father communicate while he is in Nam.
Send their love back and forth on the moon.
400
What does the following idiom mean: "Geez, Lisa! Don't let Denny 'get your goat'!" Identify two things Denny did to 'get Lisa's goat.'
Don't let him upset you or get under your skin! -Wear her training bra like a hat -Show her chewed up food -"Sneeze" on her roll - Try to steal her diary
500
I don't really exist, but Aggy likes to pretend my ashes are in an urn at the Sunset Home.
Madge
500
The Good Deeds Program is LAME to Georgie. Describe the prank she decides to pull to get out of doing the work.
Listing fake names for her and Lisa after the musical group the Beatles.
500
Georgie's father's wingman brings this back for Georgie. What does Georgie do with it at first? Why?
He brought her a letter. She doesn't open it right away because it is the LAST communication she will receive from her father.
500
Georgie gives this to Mrs. Donovan at the end of the story. Why does she do so?
Her father's medal. She does this because she ruined Mrs. D's father's ship in the bottle in chapter one.
500
Why was the United States involved in the Vietnam War in the first place?
North Vietnam, the Communists, were trying to invade and take over in South Vietnam. We wanted to protect the democracy established in South Vietnam because they shared our beliefs in government.
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