What do the boys say the winner of the bet will get?
$50.00
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What does Tom tell Billy to pretend the worms are?
Fish! Fish! Fish!
100
What is Bill's solution to how to eat the worms?
He fries them and adds toppings such as ketchup, mustard, and horseradish sauce.
200
Who bets Billy to eat 15 worms in 15 days?
Alan
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Where did Alan and Joe find the first worm?
In a pile of manure.
200
True or False? Billy is allowed to chop the worm up into other foods.
False.
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What happened when Joe said Tom should eat a worm to show Billy that it is alright?
Tom got scared and ran away.
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How did Alan try to trick Billy on the last worm?
By making beans look like a worm.
300
Why is Alan worried about losing the bet?
He knows his father will be angry about the money.
300
How does Billy's mom prepare the 11th worm?
She buried it inside an ice cream cake.
300
What does Alan try to do to the worms when Billy catches him and calls him a cheater? (Ch. 19)
He tries to glue two worms together and pretend they are one big one.
300
Why does Billy wake his mother up at 3:30 a.m. one night?
He says his stomach is rumbling and gurgling because of the worms.
300
Billy's mother thinks that it is a problem that Billy is eating so many worms. What does she do to find out if it is dangerous?
She calls Billy's doctor. (Dr. McGrath)
400
What nervous habit does Alan have?
He gnaws his thumbnails
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How does Alan and Joe try to keep Billy from eating the 13th worm?
By feeding him at the ball game.
400
Why did Billy want to win the $50?
He wanted the minibike from George Cunningham's brother.
400
Why did Alan and Joe have to apologize to the neighbors?
Because Tom had woken them up with a siren when they tricked him into not eating a worm.
400
Tom and Alan only wanted to take Billy to Shea Stadium. What did they do to get Tom to stay home?
The told Billy and Alan's dad that Tom got sick and couldn't go.
500
How does Billy's dad feel about Billy eating the worms?
He does not seem very worried.; He says it is probably fine.
500
What is a night crawler?
An earthworm that sits at the surface of the soil at night.
500
What does Billy's dad tell Mrs. Forrester to do to make it easier for Billy to eat the worms?
He tells her to use her recipe book to make him something good.
500
What is Billy's nightmare?
He is in a butcher shop and the butcher gives him a platter of 10 big, black worms as big as snakes. Then, the worms wrap around his ankles.
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Alan thinks he is going to lose the bet a couple times throughout the story. What is one way that he has tried to trick Billy so that he can win?
He tells Billy they're poisonous. He takes him to the stadium and feeds him lots of food. He tells Mrs. Forrester because he thinks she won't let Billy eat them. He locks Billy in the closet.