Who are the four main characters?
A) Sam, Andrew, Leela, Shane
B) Mrs. Forrester, Emily, Dr. McGrath, John
C) Joe, Alan, Billy, Tom
C) Joe, Alan, Billy, Tom
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What does gnawing mean?
A) Bite or chew B) Sleep C) feel sad
to bite or chew on, especially persistently
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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?
*Hint: Reread chapter 3 on pages 30 and 31.
Fish! Fish! Fish!
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What is Bill's solution to how to eat the worms?
He prepares or cooks them and adds toppings such as ketchup, mustard, and horseradish sauce. He also thinks about fish.
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Who bets Billy to eat 15 worms in 15 days?
A) Mrs. Forrester B) Tom C) Alan
Alan
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If Tom peers around the corner to see Billy, what is he doing?
He is looking closely or curiously.
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True or False? Billy is allowed to chop the worm up into other foods.
False.
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Why did Billy want Tom to eat a worm?
*Hint: Reread chapter 11 starting on page 42.
To prove that the worms were safe to eat.
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Bills falls asleep late at night and almost misses eating a worm that day. How do him and Tom solve this problem?
They go in front of Alan's house with Tom's brother and play the siren while Billy eats the worm in the street.
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How did Billy act after eating his first worm?
*Hint: Look at the illustration on pages 18-19
He ran around, flapping his arms, acting crazy
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The din of the butcher shop hurt Billy's ears.
What does din mean?
*Hint: Look back at your four square vocabulary sheet!
A loud and steady noise.
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What does Alan try to do to the worms when Billy catches him and calls him a cheater?
*Hint: Reread chapter 19 on page 63
He tries to glue two worms together and pretend they are one big one.
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Why does Billy wake his mother up at 3:15 a.m. one night?
Hint: Reread chapter 15 starting on page 54.
He says his stomach is rumbling and gurgling because of the worms. He is scared that the works are going to hurt him.
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Billy's mom is scared that the worms are poisonous. How does she find out they won't hurt him?
*Hint: Reread chapter 15 starting on page 54.
She calls Billy's doctor. (Dr. McGrath)
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What nervous habit does Alan have?
He gnaws his thumbnails
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Billy would feel sorrowful if he loses the bet.
Draw a picture of someone who looks sorrowful.
feeling sad or being full of sadness
:(
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Why does Billy want to win the $50?
He wants to buy a minibike.
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What story did Joe tell Billy to scare him?
*Hint: Reread chapter 5 starting on page 34.
He said his mother and father yelled at him about the worms and his mother fainted.
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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.
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How does Billy's dad feel about Billy eating the worms?
*Hint: Reread pages 56-57
He does not seem very worried.; He says it is probably fine.
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Tom dredged the worm in cornmeal. What is a synonym for dredge?
*Hint: Look at your four square vocabulary sheet.
coat
top
drag
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Billy's mom helps the 11th worm taste better. How does she prepare the worm for Billy?
*Hint: Reread chapter 22 on page 77.
She prepares the worm in ice cream with lots of yummy toppings.
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What is Billy's nightmare?
*Hint: Reread chapter 14 starting on page 50.
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.