Speck
In the book Speck, what things are deep in a tide pool but too small to see?
Answer: countless tiny specks
How will he be daring at the playground?
He will not peak down the slide
In the book Buffalo Fluffalo, what was the buffalo fluffalo?
Answer: ever so snarly and gnarly and tuffalo
In the book The Outside, what game were Earl’s friends playing outside?
Tag
In the book A Friend for Eddy, what kept Eddy company in his glass bowl?
Answer: plants and rocks
In the book, A Maleta Full of Treasures, what does Dulce (the
granddaughter) say she wants Abuela to bring her?
Answer: just to bring herself and to surprise her with something
Answer: measure and wash
Answer: driving
Answer: before the sun
Answer: if you run in slow motion, you can sometimes hear the water sloshing around in your stomach
In the book Speck, what do the specks sweep past?
Answer: creatures who cling to rocks, flickering fins and flashing scales
What will the girls song do?
Shake and float in a flutter of notes
In the book Buffalo Fluffalo, what did the hammy old ram give ol’ Fluff when he was especially miffed?
Answer: a gift of a big, floppy wool hat she made to help him nap in the shade
In the book The Outside, what did Earl’s friends go back outside to see?
the amazing sunrise
In the book A Friend for Eddy, what does Eddy and the little yellow fish play?
Answer: a game of tag
In the book, A Maleta Full of Treasures, how long has it been since the
narrator has seen Abuela?
Answer: three years
Answer: strong and wrinkled
Answer: driving
Answer: her little brother and Mommy are still asleep
Answer: your mouth feels all peely
In the book Speck, what are waves carried by?
Answer: currents
What will the boy do when he plays dodgeball?
He will duck, dodge, and fly
In the book Buffalo Fluffalo, how did the Buffalo respond to the ram’s gift?
Answer: he told the ram that he did not need the rammy old hammy’s help
In the book The Outside, what did Earl smell inside the burrow?
rain
In the book A Friend for Eddy, what sound did Eddy make when he landed on the table?
Answer: thud
36. In the book, A Maleta Full of Treasures, how does the granddaughter’s
room feel without Abuela?
Answer: empty
Answer: smiles
Answer: pitter-patter, pitter-patter, giggle, giggle-patter
Answer: Abuelita
Answer: winks at him
In the book Speck, what are currents searching for?
Answer: a place to say and grow
Why doesn’t the girl want to try the soup?
It’s slimy and it moved
In the book Buffalo Fluffalo, what did the buffalo tell the ram that the gift makes him want to do?
Answer: stammer and yammer and yelp
In the book The Outside, what did Earl say comes out at dawn?
coyotes
In the book A Friend for Eddy, what did Eddy really want?
Answer: a friend who could swim and blow bubbles
37. In the book, A Maleta Full of Treasures, what is the new suitcase full of?
Answer: smells of mi tierra, candies, cookies, pictures and a hand-made chullo
knitted by Abuela
Answer: clean hands and whole hearts
Answer: from one important place to another school
Answer: Abuelita’s coffee
Answer: for the sounds he makes
In the book Speck, do specks find what they are looking for?
Answer: some do and some do not
What is Green and Grimy?
Beef and Pea soup
In the book Buffalo Fluffalo, what did the prairie dog ask the buffalo?
Answer: if he wanted to join him for flippies and funnels and to romp and race in his tubular tunnels
In the book The Outside, how did Earl’s friend find the burrow during the storm?
Answer: Earl yelled, "Over here!”
In the book A Friend for Eddy, what tapped on Eddy’s glass bowl?
Answer: a little yellow fish, who was really a cat
In the book, A Maleta Full of Treasures, what is something new in the
granddaughter’s bedroom?
Answer: a new small suitcase with a tag and the granddaughter’s name on it
Answer: her mother, who learned it from her mother
Answer: they filled her with joy
Answer: the young girl and her dad get to ride together, without anyone else
Answer: Ms. Fitzmorris telling him when the privileges will be reinstated
In the book Speck, when tides shift, what can happen?
Answer: specks can drift apart
What ends up being good about the dentist?
The paste tastes like candy, the suck tool is handy, and he gets to choose a toy
In the book Buffalo Fluffalo, why did the buffalo say he couldn’t play in the weasel’s tunnels?
Answer: because of his puffalo
In the book The Outside, what did Earl need when his teeth were chattering?
Answer: the sun
In the book A Friend for Eddy, what did the “three” fish of them do?
Answer: played hide and seek, danced, had a staring contest and giggled so hard that the bowl filled up with bubbles
In the book, A Maleta Full of Treasures, what does the granddaughter
imagine that makes her try not to cry?
Answer: Abuela flying farther and farther away
Answer: to marry Ojiichan
Answer: along unfamiliar roads
Answer: a brown bag with apple slices
Answer: for the sounds he makes
In the book Speck, what is the safest thing for a lost speck to do?
Answer: hide
What is scary in the basement?
The shadows
In the book Buffalo Fluffalo, what did a squawky old crow ask Fluffalo?
Answer: if he wanted to chitter and chat and catch up for a while
In the book The Outside, why did Earl’s friend say Earl would be okay outside?
Answer: they would keep watch and protect him, just like he protected them during the storm
n the book A Friend for Eddy, what did Eddy look forward to?
Answer: the tap, tap, tao on his glass bowl
33. In the book, A Maleta Full of Treasures, what does the granddaughter
watch for on the drive home?
Answer: airplanes in the sky
Answer: a silk kimono to use as her wedding dress and a set of red lacquered dishes
Answer: shuffle-clunk, shuffle-clunk, creak, creak-clunk
Answer: papery
Answer: it’s too floppy
In the book Speck, when one tiny speck gets lost in a vast ocean, how do things feel?
Answer: big feels bigger and small feels smaller
At the park, what does the boy dare to do?
Pet a dog
In the book Buffalo Fluffalo, how did Fluffalo respond to the crow’s question?
Answer: he said no way, I’m far too huffy to have time for friends
In the book The Outside, why was Earl not afraid of the outside anymore?
Answer: he felt loved on the inside
Friend for Eddy, what unthinkable thing did Eddy do?
Answer: he launched himself out of the glass bowl
In the book, A Maleta Full of Treasures, what will the sweet earth smell
soon be to the granddaughter?
Answer: a faraway memory
Answer: the mochi recipe from her mother and grandmother
Answer: she parked her in a quiet spot, walked away, and never returned- under a bridge
Answer: dark and empty because they are closed
Answer: “Beep. Beep, I am a talking robot.”
In the book Speck, what would a hidden speck miss out on?
Answer: the adventure, th wonder, and the satisfaction of finding exactly what it was looking for
Why is the boy’s stomach in tangles?
Because he’s going to the dentist
e book Buffalo Fluffalo, what did the crow say, with a grin on his beak?
Answer: Why, Buffalo Fluffalo is just a pipsqueak
the book The Outside, what did Earl’s friends say they would do once they dried off outside?
Answer: fix the burrow together
ook A Friend for Eddy, how did Eddy feel as he was flying away from his bowl?
Answer: weightless and free
In the book, A Maleta Full of Treasures, how did Abuela’s face look when
her granddaughter gave her the treasures to take back home?
Answer: beaming and warm like the sun
Answer: drink roasted green tea and play matching cards
Answer: empty
Answer: Power
Answer: a pyramid shape
In the book Speck, what does every speck need?
Answer: a place to stay, grow, and thrive
How does bike riding make the boy feel?
Ecstatic and worth every drop
In the book Buffalo Fluffalo, what did the ram say when he saw the buffalo all wet?
Answer: It’s old Mr. Fluff so little and pittle all wet in the buff
In the book The Outside, what did Earl build to keep him and his friends safe during a storm?
Answer: a flood room
In the book A Friend for Eddy, when Eddy’s friends showed up and looked different, what did Eddy say?
Answer: those aren’t my friends, that’s a cat
28. In the book, A Maleta Full of Treasures, why did the granddaughter choose
her treasures for Abuela to be light?
Answer: she knows Papi will weigh Abuela’s suitcase at the airport
Answer: by hand with a wooden mallet
Answer: through the city, across a bridge, into the country, along rolling hills and down into a farm nestled in a valley
Answer: in the backyard there are stalls and stalls of horses
Answer: she puts two yardsticks together