Stay Away from Simon

Stay Away From Simon Ch. 1

100

Simon was whose son?

The Miller's son

200

Who did Simon like to hang around with?

Little children

300

What was the name of Lucy's friend?

Desire

400

What did Simon do to Lucy at the school? 

Name two things

Dump snow on her and brush the snow off her hair.

500

Lucy's friend, Desire, wanted Lucy to tell another person about what Simon did to her on the playground.  Who did Desire want Lucy to tell?

The Schoolmaster, Master Hume

Stay away from Simon Ch. 2

100

Lucy's mother made her a book out of what?

paper used to wrap up parcels

200

What was the teacher's name?

Master Hume

300

How did the old teacher get the kids to come out after they locked themselves in?

Block the chimney so the smoke when into the school.

400

Why was Josiah in trouble?

He was snoozing and wasn't paying attention in class.

500

What was the name of the town they live in?

West Tisbury

Books We Read

100

What is the genre of The Disappearing Honeybees?

Expository nonfiction

200

What is the theme or "big message" of Stay Away from Simon?

That sometimes people who are different from us are not scary or bad and that we should try to get the truth about people before we believe rumors about them.

300

Finish this sentence:

When Lucy was trying to get her bearings, that meant that she was ....

trying to find out where she was.

400

Finish this sentence:

When Lucy unconsciously moved away from Simon, that meant that she moved back (how?) ....

without thinking, or

automatically

500

Was Lucy justified to be wary of Simon?

(No right answer, but your answer better be good and have some evidence from the book, like what happened or what was said, to back up your answer).

Riddles

100

When Grant was 8, his brother was half his age. Now, Grant is 14. How old is his brother?

 His brother is 10. 

Half of 8 is 4, so Grant’s brother is 4 years younger. This means when Grant is 14, his brother is still 4 years younger, so he’s 10.

200

It belongs to you, but your friends use it more. What is it?

Your name~!

300

What starts with T, ends with T, and has T inside it?

A teapot.

400

Mrs. Brown has 5 daughters. Each of these daughters has a brother. How many children does Mrs. Brown have?

They have 6 children. Each daughter has the same brother. There are 5 daughters and 1 son.

500

A bus driver was heading down a busy street in the city. He went past three stop signs without stopping, went the wrong way down a one-way street, and answered a message on his phone. But the bus driver didn’t break any traffic laws. How?

He was walking, not driving. 

(This riddle adds irrelevant information to deceive the reader. You expect that since he’s a bus driver, he’s currently driving the bus — but it never actually says that!)