Genie
Mermaid
Turtle
Pirate
Cannibal
100
Who saw the lake first?
Martha
100
Who is the author of Magic by the Lake?
Edward Eager
100
What are the names of the 4 children?
Jane, Katherine, Mark, Martha
100
This book was written a long time ago (1957). How can you tell when reading the book?
Some of the words used/the language
100
How did the lake become magic?
The children wished for it to be magic and the turtle granted their wish.
200
What was the name of the town that the children walked to to get groceries, the mail, etc?
Cold Springs
200
Which one of the children requested the magic to happen every third day?
Mark
200
What type of business did Mr. Smith (Uncle Huge) own?
A bookstore
200
What was the name of the captain of the pirate ship? The one who buried the treasure?
Chauncey Cutlass
200
How did the children get off the pirate ship?
They walked the plank
300
How old did Katherine and Jane wish they could be so that they would be popular with boys?
16
300
What was one of the names of the boys that Jane and Katherine met?
Topsfield or Wiggleworth
300
What object did the children touch that magically transported them to the South Pole?
A dishpan full of water
300
Who came to the South Pole, along with the children?
Carrie, the Cat
300
What was the problem that the children had when they decided to leave the South Pole?
The sun hardly ever sets there
400
Who did the turtle send to help the children leave the South Pole?
A penguin
400
When the children left the South Pole what was their mode of transportation?
an iceberg
400
In the book there was something called a roc. What is a roc?
a type of bird
400
When the children were lost in the woods, what object did Martha wish on to magically take her to the island where the treasure was buried?
Her mother's old perfume bottle which was filled with lake water.
400
Why did the children want to find the treasure?
To help Mr. Smith with his bookstore
500
Why were the cannibals able to see Martha on the island?
Because she had broken the rules (so there weren't any rules anymore).
500
What did the children say to open the door to the cave of Ali Baba?
Open Sesame
500
What did the genie tell Katherine SAS means?
Send a Sorcerer
500
Why did the gold, diamonds, and rubies flake into dustlike grains?
They were buried so long and the children exposed them to the air too quickly.
500
Who moved the treasure from the island to the groud near the Haunted House?
The turtle
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