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.
100
If someone is in agony, what is wrong with them?
They are in a lot of mental or physical pain.
200
Who bets Billy to eat 15 worms in 15 days?
Alan
200
True or False? Billy is allowed to chop the worm up into other foods.
False
200
What happened when Joe said Tom should eat a worm to show Billy that it is alright?
Tom got scared and ran away.
200
Billy 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.
200
What does it mean if there is a heap of something lying on the floor?
There is a collection of things in a pile, rasied together.
300
How did Billy act after eating his first worm?
He ran around, flapping his arms, acting crazy
300
What does Alan try to do to the worms when Billy catches him and calls him a cheater?
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)
300
What does it mean when a worm is wriggling?
The worm is squirming.
400
What nervous habit does Alan have?
he gnaws his thumbnails
400
Billy's father said this when he first heard about the bet.
Eating worms won't hurt you.
400
What story did Joe tell Billy to scare him?
He said his mother and father yelled at him about the worms and his mother fainted.
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
400
What does grimace mean?
a facial expression of disapproval or disgust.
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
Tom did this when Joe brought him a worm to eat.
Ran away
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.
500
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.