Meet John Midas
Question: What is John’s major character flaw that gets him into trouble?
Answer: What is being greedy/eating too much candy (especially chocolate)?
Question: What object does John find on the pavement that allows him to buy the chocolate?
Answer: What is a unusual silver coin (with his initials, "JM")?
Question: What is the very first thing John puts in his mouth in the morning that turns into chocolate?
Answer: What is toothpaste?
Question: Who is John’s classroom teacher?
Answer: Who is Miss Plimsole?
Question: What famous Greek myth is The Chocolate Touch based on?
Answer: What is the story of King Midas?
Question: What strange physical symptom causes John's mother to take him to see Dr. Cranium in Chapter 1?
Answer: What are red spots on his nose?
Question: Where does John hide the giant box of chocolates when he gets home?
Answer: What is under his bed?
Question: What beverage turns into warm chocolate syrup during John’s breakfast?
Answer: What is orange juice?
Question: What subject test is the class taking when John accidentally eats his school supplies?
Answer: What is a math test?
Question: What is John's sister's name?
Answer: Who is Mary?
Question: What instrument does John play in the school orchestra?
Answer: What is the trumpet?
Question: When John unwraps the huge box of chocolate, how many pieces of chocolate are actually inside?
Answer: What is one single piece?
Question: What non-food item does John chew on while walking to school that turns to chocolate in his mouth?
Answer: What is his leather glove?
Question: What classroom tool turns into chocolate while John is chewing on it during the test?
Answer: What is his pencil?
Question: What medicine does Dr. Cranium prescribe to John when he visits his office in Chapter 1?
Answer: What is tonic (or a strict diet with no candy)?
Question: What is the name of the classmate John has a crush on?
Answer: Who is Susan Buttercup?
Question: What color foil is the single piece of chocolate wrapped in?
Answer: What is gold foil?
Question: What rule triggers the magical transformation of food and items into chocolate?
Answer: What is anything that touches John's mouth/lips?
Question: What healthy item packed in John's lunchbox turns into chocolate when he bites into it?
Answer: What is his sandwich / salad / fruit (any healthy item)?
Question: What are the initials engraved on the mystery coin John finds?
Answer: What are "JM" (John Midas)?
Question: What special item does Susan show John on the walk to school before he ruins it?
Answer: What is her birthday silver dollar coin?
Question: What did the shopkeeper say was unique about the money he accepts in his store?
Answer: What is that he only accepts the special kind of coin John found?
Question: What happens when John tries to take a drink from the school water fountain?
Answer: What is the water turns into chocolate before he can drink it?
Question: Why does Susan get mad at John on the way to school in Chapter 4?
Answer: Because John bites her silver coin and leaves a bite mark in it after it turns to chocolate.
Question: At the end of Chapter 6, how does John start to feel about his new "power"?
Answer: What is upset, thirsty, or frustrated (he realizes it is a curse, not a gift)?